, -s. [ z ] : shoe shoes; hen hens
[ s ] : bat bats. , s, ss, x, sh, ch, -es [ iz ]:match matches; leash leashes; box boxes.
-y, , -y i -es: lady ladies; sky skies
: (the Gatsbys) (stand-bys).
-y , -s, y :
bay bays
day days
way ways
-o -es:
potato potatoes
tomato tomatoes
hero heroes
: bamboos, embryos, folios, kangaroos, radios, studios, zoos, Eskimos, Filipines, kilos, photos, pros, pianos, concertos, dynamos, solos, tangos, tobaccos.
-f -fe, -v- -es:
thief thieves
wolf wolves
half halves
wife wives
: proofs, chiefs, safes, cliffs, gulfs, reefs
:
man men
woman women
tooth teeth
foot feet
goose geese
mouse mice
louse lice
child children
ox oxen
brother brethren (, )
:
sheep sheep
deer deer
series series
species species
corps corps
Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Swiss:
a Chinese a group of seven Chinese
()
, ( , ):
basis bases
crisis crises
phenomenon phenomena
stimulus stimuli
formula formulae
datum data
index indices
bureau bureaux
:
formula formulas / formulae
focus focuses / foci
, .
:
housewives, schoolchildren
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man / woman :
women-writers,
-man -men:
policeman policemen
, :
man-of-war men-of-war
mother-in-law mothers-in-law
gas-mask gas-masks
-, -s :
forget-me-nots, drop-outs, go-betweens
,
, , , :
gold, silver, oil, music, the Thames
, :
advice (/), information (/), progress (/), knowledge (/)
, dozen (), score (), couple, pair (), stone ( ), head ( ) , , , :
four dozen eggs, two score tables
,
, :
scores of people, dozens of boxes
,
news, works (), barracks -ics , :
This news is horrible.
.
Physics studies matter and motion.
.
money hair ( ) , , :
her soft hair, this money
,
,
, (scissors, scales, spectacles, trousers), (the Netherlands, the Highlands, the East Indies) (customs, manners, outskirts, annals).
, : goods (/), contents (), clothes (), proceeds (/), wages (), riches (/) .
people :
People are so mean here.
.
, .
UNO helps all peoples of the world.
.
1. : month, horse, flower, potato, book, plan, bridge, match, nose, bus, box, army, carrot, watch, onion, shop, address, day, fly, hotel, lady, key, gate, clock, office, city.
2. , : friend, cinema, bottle, lake, bus, glass, bed, boy, hat, cap, tape, shop, brush, bench, box, disease, theory, result, technique, function, method, purpose, field. [s] [z] [iz].
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3. 6 , O: Photoes, dodoes, zeroes, tomatoes, potatos, kiloes, buffaloes, videos, pianoes, mosquitoes, stereoes, radios, studios, echos, heroes.
4. , O.
Cargo, piano, video, zoo, potato, Eskimo, hero, dodo, disco, cockatoo, tomato, volcano, mosquito, studio, photo, dingo, kangaroo.
5. , F/-FE: Shelf, calf, grief, cliff, life, knife, proof, reef, sheaf, wife, safe, gulf, self, elf, leaf, loaf, wolf, chief.
6. . Phenomenon, crisis, stimulus, index, antenna, formula, datum, nucleus, criterion, analysis, apparatus, basis, appendix, tableau, radius, hypothesis, axis, genus, vertebra.
7. . Boy-messenger, sister-in-law, text-book, pocket-knife, statesman, fellow-worker, merry-go-round, man-servant, hotel-keeper, forget-me-not, lady-bird, woman-doctor, looker-on, editor-in-chief.
8. :
1.The data are in the review. 2. The table of contents is on page 6. 3. The aim of the book was to cover the problem. 4. The methods were modern. 5. The diseases were internal.
9. ( .., .. , . 9, . 31) -, . :
Bacterium/ Bacteria show a number of different shapes and forms.
Bacterium/ Bacteria have far fewer genes than animals and plants.
The nucleus/ nuclei of radioactive atoms emit alpha or beta rays.
Each villus/ villi has a network of capillaries.
Each bacterial flagellum/ flagella consists of a single tube-like filament.
The pneumococcus/ pneumococci has its special effect on the lungs.
The seven cervical vertebra/ vertebrae are the smallest in the vertebral column.
Small embolus/ emboli plug pulmonary arteries.
Like the streptococci, some staphylococcus/ staphylococci secrete enzymes and toxins.
Reticulum/reticula is a small network of tubules, vesicles, or sacs in cells.
Paralysis/ paralyses results from damage to parts of the nervous system.