Name: English Grammar Course | Irregular Plural Nouns #3
Uploaded: 2020-06-08T08:35:34.000Z
Duration: 12 min 9 s
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In today's video, I'm going to tell you about irregular plural nouns.

Now there are crazy ways of making plural forms in English.

I want you to know about them, so let's get started.

Again, guys, there are so many irregular plural forms in English.

And I'm afraid there are no particular rules.

But I'm going to try and tell you about the most common ones.

We have a singular noun which is 'woman'.

The singular noun, 'a man', it becomes 'men'.

'a child' becomes 'children' 'a tooth' 'teeth'

'a foot' becomes 'feet' 'a person' becomes 'people'.

'a mouse' becomes 'mice' Ok, let's move on to pronunciation now.

Well students, let's work on pronunciation a bit.

Let's now move on to other irregular plural forms.

Now there are words that have the exact same singular and plural forms.

They are not common, but you need to know a few.

As you can see, 'sheep' is the singular form.

'aircraft' 'aircraft' Ok, so you will say, “I see one sheep.”

'pajamas' So you will say, “I have some jeans.”

'glasses' 'glasses' 'sunglasses' 'sunglasses'

'clothes' 'clothes' 'scissors' 'scissors'

Let's now look at other irregular plural forms.

Now, just a few words about nouns in English that have Latin and Greek origins.

It's a bit complicated, so we're not going to into too much detail.

But just a few words that I think you should know.

For example, 'antenna' becomes 'antennae'

'alumna' 'alumnae' Words ending in 'us', us, will end in

Words ending in 'is', will end in 'es'. 'is' becomes 'es'.

For example, 'analysis' 'analyses' 'diagnosis' 'diagnoses'

And finally, words ending in 'on', end in 'a'.

'criterion' 'criteria' 'phenomenon' 'phenomena'

These plural forms are very difficult, guys.

Even native speakers make a lot of mistakes, so don't worry too much about them.

I just wanted to give you a little taste of Latin and Greek plurals.

It's a great opportunity to practice saying irregular plural forms in English.

Be very careful to use proper pronunciation as well.

First, 'my sister has one child' 'my brother has two children'.

'my sister has one child' 'my brother has two children'.

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