[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-ddff-7d39-8b93-6c880c236ae1":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-01a0e1ab-d5f8-761f-a440-f5d9ba8d5fb0":131},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":130},"01a0e1ab-ddff-7d39-8b93-6c880c236ae1","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F01a0e1ab-d5f8-761f-a440-f5d9ba8d5fb0","Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns — Plural Patterns","Tap each tile, then tap its plural-pattern group.","Regular and irregular plurals: sort patterns","Practise regular and irregular plural nouns on five sorting boards about everyday objects, people and animals, including spelling changes and errors.",1,"word_sort",[13,36,54,80,107],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a0e1ab-ddff-7f59-8b93-6c880c3eff5c","Sort these nouns by what you add to make their plural.",0,"Most nouns add -s. Nouns ending in -sh, -ch or -x usually add -es, so check the final letters rather than the meaning. For example: There are two benches outside.",[],{"items":20,"categories":35},[21,24,26,28,31,33],{"text":22,"category":23},"cup","Add -s",{"text":25,"category":23},"bag",{"text":27,"category":23},"window",{"text":29,"category":30},"brush","Add -es",{"text":32,"category":30},"church",{"text":34,"category":30},"fox",[30,23],{"id":37,"sentenceTemplate":38,"displayOrder":10,"explanation":39,"blanks":40,"payload":41},"01a0e1ab-de00-703f-a2d0-9e32b1d2770c","Sort these nouns ending in -y by how their plural is formed.","A consonant before -y means change -y to -ies; a vowel before -y means keep -y and add -s. The ending -y alone does not decide the pattern. For example: Our town has two libraries.",[],{"items":42,"categories":53},[43,46,48,51],{"text":44,"category":45},"party","Change -y to -ies",{"text":47,"category":45},"baby",{"text":49,"category":50},"boy","Keep -y and add -s",{"text":52,"category":50},"key",[50,45],{"id":55,"sentenceTemplate":56,"displayOrder":57,"explanation":58,"blanks":59,"payload":60},"01a0e1ab-de00-709b-a2d0-9e32b216600f","Sort these nouns ending in -f, -fe or -o by their plural spelling change.",2,"Some -f and -fe nouns change to -ves, but others add -s. Nouns ending in -o also vary between -s and -es. Learn these nouns with their plurals rather than using one rule for every noun with the same ending. For example: Please put the knives beside the plates.",[],{"items":61,"categories":79},[62,65,67,69,71,73,75,77],{"text":63,"category":64},"leaf","Change -f\u002F-fe to -ves",{"text":66,"category":64},"wife",{"text":68,"category":64},"knife",{"text":70,"category":23},"roof",{"text":72,"category":23},"photo",{"text":74,"category":23},"radio",{"text":76,"category":30},"potato",{"text":78,"category":30},"tomato",[64,23,30],{"id":81,"sentenceTemplate":82,"displayOrder":83,"explanation":84,"blanks":85,"payload":86},"01a0e1ab-de00-710b-a2d0-9e32b28563a1","For ordinary counting of people, body parts and animals, sort these nouns by whether their plural changes or stays the same.",3,"Irregular plurals change form instead of simply adding -s. Sheep and fish stay unchanged in ordinary counting. Fishes can refer to different types, but that is not the counting task here. For example: A cat is watching two mice.",[],{"items":87,"categories":106},[88,91,93,95,97,99,101,104],{"text":89,"category":90},"child","Different irregular plural form",{"text":92,"category":90},"man",{"text":94,"category":90},"woman",{"text":96,"category":90},"foot",{"text":98,"category":90},"tooth",{"text":100,"category":90},"mouse",{"text":102,"category":103},"sheep","Same singular and plural form",{"text":105,"category":103},"fish",[103,90],{"id":108,"sentenceTemplate":109,"displayOrder":110,"explanation":111,"blanks":112,"payload":113},"01a0e1ab-de00-7153-a2d0-9e32b3354a8a","Each tile is meant to name a number of things or people, with nothing belonging to them. Sort the correct and incorrect forms.",4,"Use the singular after one and the plural after larger numbers. Quiz becomes quizzes, with a doubled z. Do not add another -s to an irregular plural, and do not use an apostrophe to mark a plural; these tiles express counting, not possession. For example: We bought three cakes for the party.",[],{"items":114,"categories":129},[115,118,120,122,125,127],{"text":116,"category":117},"one person","Correct counting form",{"text":119,"category":117},"six people",{"text":121,"category":117},"four quizzes",{"text":123,"category":124},"one cars","Incorrect counting form",{"text":126,"category":124},"six childrens",{"text":128,"category":124},"four pen's",[117,124],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_cb0aadd2-beec-42fa-b8f3-35db7ee51820_hero.webp?v=1790492532",{"title":132,"slug":133,"language":134,"level":135},"Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns","regular-and-irregular-plural-nouns","en","A1"]