Plain Cool! - Let's Learn English (4) : Plural

16 Mac 2012 - 8.46 am

Kalau semalam aku dah sentuh tentang singular (seorang/satu/tunggal), hari ni sebelum aku sentuh tentang pronoun yang seterusnya, aku nak sentuh tentang plural pula (banyaknye perkataan 'sentuh'.. Body contact sgt!!)..

Plural bermaksud banyak ataupun lebih daripada satu. Untuk menyusun ayat dengan betul, kita kena kenalpasti sama ada subjek yang kita nak sebut tu singular ataupun plural.. Macam mana nak kenalpasti? Senang je.. Biasanya subjek yang berakhir dengan huruf 'S' adalah plural.. Hahaha!! Tengok contoh di bawah :

Tambahan 's' :

Singular	Plural
a cup	two cups
a car	three cars
a lamp	many lamps
a month	a couple of months

Tambahan 'es' :

Singular	Plural
a box	two boxes
a sandwich	three sandwiches
a rose	many roses
a suitcase	a couple of suitcases

Gantikan 'y' selepas huruf konsonan dengan 'ies' :

Singular	Plural
a city	two cities
a lady	three ladies
a candy	many candies
a puppy	a couple of puppies

Tambah 's' selepas huruf vokal + y :

Singular	Plural
a boy	two boys
a day	three days
a toy	many toys
a key	a couple of keys

Subjek berakhir dengan 'f' atau 'fe' :

Tambah ‘s’		Gantikan dengan ‘ves’
Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
a roof	two roofs	a thief	two thieves
a cliff	three cliffs	a wife	three wives
a sheriff	many sheriffs	a shelf	many shelves
a puff	a couple of puffs	a scarf	a couple of scarves*

*'scarves' boleh juga jadi 'scarfs'.

Subjek berakhir dengan 'o', tambah 's' atau 'es' :

Tambah ‘s’		Tambah ‘es’
Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
a disco	two discos	a tomato	two tomatoes
a piano	three pianos	a potato	three potatoes
a photo	many photos	a hero	many heroes

*Sesetengah subjek boleh ada dua bentuk plural :
buffalo - buffalos/buffaloes
mosquito - mosquitos/mosquitoes
tornado - tornados/tornadoes

Terdapat juga subjek yang bertukar ejaan apabila ditukar ke bentu plural. Ianya dipanggil Irregular Plural Form :

Irregular Plural Form
Singular	Plural
a man	two men
a woman	three women
a child	many children
a mouse	a couple of mice
a tooth	two teeth
a goose	three geese
a foot	many feet
an ox	a couple of oxen

Dah nampak? Jom buat latihan!!

Letakkan plural yang betul.

Example: school - ______
Answer: school - schools

1) desk - _____   
2) pencil - _____   
3) bike - _____   
4) cat - _____   
5) invitation - __________   
6) watch - ________   
7) game - ______   
8) cage - ______   
9) cake - ______   
10) box - ______

We'll begin with a box and the plural is _______(11) . But the plural of ______(12) should be oxen, not oxes. The one fowl is a _______(13) but two are called geese, yet the plural of _______(14) should never be meese. You may found a lone mouse or a whole set of _______(15) , yet the plural of _______(16) is houses not hice. If the plural of _______(17) is always called men, Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen? If I speak of a _______(18) and you show me your feet, and I give you a _______(19) , would a pair be called beet? Or two _______(20) should be called reet?

Chow!!
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Let's Learn English Collection :
Plain Cool! - English Quiz (1)
Plain Cool! - Let's Learn English (4) : Plural
Plain Cool! - Let's Learn English (3) : Singular
Plain Cool! - Let's Learn English (2) : Pronoun
Plain Cool! - Let's Learn English (1) : Pronoun
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