NORMALLY WE ADD THE ENDING ‘–S’ TO A 3RD PERSON SINGULAR VERB (AFTER HE, SHE, IT)
BUT
AFTER –S, -SH, -CH WE ADD -ES
WATCH- WATCHES, TEACH- TEACHES, FINISH- FINISHES,
ALSO
GO- GOES, DO- DOES
AFTER –Y, ‘Y’ CHANGES TO ‘I’ AND WE ADD -ES
TRY- TRIES, MARRY- MARRIES, FLY- FLIES, COPY- COPIES
BUT
IF THE ENDING IS –AY/-OY/-EY/-UY ‘Y’ DOESN’T CHANGE TO ‘I’
ENJOY- ENJOYS, STAY- STAYS, BUY- BUYS
Normally we add the ending –s to create the plural form of a noun. For example:
a flower- two flowers; a week- three weeks; a shop- shops
IRREGULAR PLURAL FORMS:
MAN- MEN
WOMAN- WOMEN
CHILD- CHILDREN
FOOT- FEET
TOOTH- TEETH
MOUSE- MICE
SHEEP- SHEEP
FISH- FISH
!NOTE! NOUNS: POLICE, PEOPLE ARE PLURAL!
POLICE ARE
PEOPLE ARE
A + NOUN – ONE THING OR PERSON
ALICE WORKS IN A BANK.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION.
I HAVEN’T GOT A CAR.
AN + NOUN – BEFORE A/E/I/O/U:
DO YOU WANT AN APPLE OR A BANANA?
I AM GOING TO BUY A HAT AND AN UMBRELLA.
THERE WAS AN INTERESTING PROGRAMME ON TV LAST NIGHT.
NOTE!
AN HOUR (‘h’ is not pronounced: an (h)our)
A UNIVERSITY (pronounced yuniversity)
A EUROPEAN country (pronounced yuropean)