(the Plural) - s - es:
engineer engineer s
machine machine s
property properti es
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man men
woman women
child children
foot , feet ,
tooth teeth
sheep sheep
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apparat us apparat us
analys is analys es
ax is ax es
bas is bas es
cris is cris es
thes is thes es
ind ex indic es
hel ix helic es
bacteri um bacteri a
dat um dat a
criteri on criteri a
phenomen on phenomen a
nucle us nucle i
- s, , , mean s , work s , specie s .: The most convenient means of transport is the Metro .
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, -s, : the workers ' union .
f the pages of the book were yellow .
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Friend, friendship, snow, snowball, sandstone, impossibility, widower, opinion, exclamation, passer-by, misunderstanding, inactivity, kingdom, mother-in-law, immobility, sight, warmth, succession, lecturer, fortune, misfortune, bird, blackbird, policeman, merry-go-round, usefulness, statesman, population, fellow-worker, German.
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: This book is interesting. These books are interesting.
1. There is a new house in our street. 2. That story is very long. 3. There was a woman, a man and a girl in the room. 4. His son studies very well. 5. Is this worker an Englishman or a German? He is a Frenchman. 6. The child keeps his toy in a box. 7. This man works at our office. 8. This metal is very hard. 9. His dog doesnot like bread. 10. Is that girl your sister? 11. I shall give you my book. 12. The boy put his book on the desk. 13. The woman didn't say anything. 14. Does that young man speak English?
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My brother's name, these students' names, his parents' names, our teacher's bag, your parents' house, his friends' books, her sister's report, my children's room, Tom's bicycle, my relatives' flat, the girls' school, a day's work, today's paper, two years' pay.
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: The poems of Byron. Byron's poems.
a) 1. The toy of their children. 2. The questions of my son. 3. The wife of my brother. 4. The table of our teacher. 5. The life of animals. 6. The voice of this girl. 7. The new tool of the workers. 8. The letter of Peter. 9. The car of my parents. 10. The room of my friend. 11. The handbags of these women. 12. The flat of my sister is large. 13. The children of my brother are at home. 14. The room of the boys is large. 15. The wife of our teacher. 16. The house of Mr. Rochester. 17. The novels of Dickens. 18. The ball of the boys. 19. A meeting of students. 20. The flat of my mother-in-law. 21. The rights of women.
b) 1. A distance of two miles. 2. The crew of the ship. 3. The theatres of Moscow. 4. An interval of three hours. 5. The oil deposits of the world. 6. The rays of the sun. 7. The population of England. 8. The joys of life.
) 1. The mother of Mary and Ann. 2. The fathers of Peter and John. 3. The novels of Ilf and Petrov. 4. The poems of Byron and Shelley. 5. The children of my sister Irene. 6. The speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. 7. The times of Peter the Great. 8. The correspondent of the Times of India.