Writing

Examples of Irregular Plural Nouns

Plural nouns that end in ves:

  • More than one elf = elves
  • More than one calf = calves
  • More than one knife = knives
  • More than one loaf = loaves
  • More than one shelf = shelves
  • More than one wolf = wolves
  • More than one loaf = loaves

Irregular nouns made plural by changing vowels, changing the word, or adding a different ending:

  • More than one man = men
  • More than one person = people
  • More than one mouse = mice
  • More than one child = children
  • More than one foot = feet
  • More than one goose = geese
  • More than one tooth = teeth
  • More than one louse = lice
  • More than one cactus = cacti
  • More than one appendix = appendices
  • More than one ox =oxen

Some irregular plural nouns have the same spelling as their singular form such as scissors, pants, bison, deer, and sheep.And then some animal nouns become plural by keeping the same spelling as the singular form or by adding an s or es.

  • More than one cod = cod or cods
  • More than one shrimp = shrimp or shrimps
  • More than one fish = fish or fishes
  • More than one quail = quail or quails

TASK A: irregular plurals

Exercises

More exercises

 

TASK B: Continue the story

write the next chapter. Try to keep the tone and style  consistent with what you have read.

From Darkness at Noon

THE CELL DOOR SLAMMED BEHIND RUBASHOV. He remained leaning against the door for a few seconds, and lit a cigarette. On the bed to his right lay two fairly clean blankets, and the straw mattress looked newly filled. The wash-basin to his left had no plug, but the tap functioned. The can next to it had been freshly disinfected, it did not smell.

The walls on both sides were of solid brick, which would stifle the sound of tapping, but where the heating and drain pipe penetrated it, it had been plastered and resounded quite well; besides, the heating pipe itself seemed to be noise-conducting. The window started at eye-level; one could see down into the courtyard without having to pull oneself up by the bars. So far everything was in order.

He yawned, took his coat off, rolled it up and put it on the mattress as a pillow. He looked out into the yard. The snow shimmered yellow in the double light of the moon and the electric lanterns. All round the yard, along the walls, a narrow track had been cleared for the daily exercise. Dawn had not yet appeared; the stars still shone clear and frostily, in spite of the lanterns. On the rampart of the outside wall, which lay opposite Rubashov’s cell, a soldier with slanted rifle was marching the hundred steps up and down; he stamped at every step as if on parade. From time to time the yellow light of the lanterns flashed on his bayonet.

Rubashov took his shoes off, still standing at the window. He put out his cigarette, laid the stump on the floor at the end of his bedstead, and remained sitting on the mattress for a few minutes. He went back to the window once more. The courtyard was still; the sentry was just turning; above the machine-gun tower he saw a streak of the Milky Way.

 

Wordlist

Noon – mitt på dagen, middagstid

Straw mattress – madrass

wash-basin  – tvättställ

stifle –  tysta

plastered – gipsad

41 reaktioner till “Writing”

  1. 1. Dish- dishes
    2. Car- cars
    3. knife- knives
    4. House- houses
    5. Mouse – mice
    6. country – countries
    7. Century – centuries
    8. Address – addresses
    9. Fish- fish
    10. potato – potatoes
    11. Leaf- leaves
    12. Analysis- analyses
    13. Handkerchief – handkerchieves
    14. Scarf – scarves
    15. Shelf – shelves

    Gilla

  2. loaf = loaves
    elf = elves
    calf = calves
    knife = knives
    loaf = loaves
    shelf = shelves
    cactus = cacti
    appendix = appendices
    ox =oxen
    louse = lice

    Gilla

  3. The words and their plural that I learned today are:

    1. Scarf scarves
    2. Hero Heroes
    3. Leaf leaves
    4. Handkerchiefs Handkerchieves
    5. Ox oxen
    6. Louse Lice
    7. Goose geese
    8. Baby babies
    9. Police Police
    10. Analyses analyses

    Gilla

  4. thief=thieves
    wife=wives
    Shelf=shelves
    wolf=wolves
    scarf=scarves
    Fly=files
    ox=oxen
    louse=lice
    leaf=leaves
    handkerchief=Handkerchieves

    Gilla

  5. boat boats
    house houses
    cat cats
    river rivers
    bus buses
    wish wishes
    pitch pitches
    box boxes
    spy spies
    baby babies
    city cities

    Gilla

  6. loaf = loaves
    fish = fish
    calf = calves
    knife = knives
    loaf = loaves
    shelf = shelves
    cactus = cacti
    appendix = appendices
    ox =oxen
    louse = lice

    Gilla

  7. 8-30
    90%-18/20
    88%-15/17
    90%-18/20
    I have learned a lot of words from this quiz that I did not know about them.
    Such as, Wolfe-wolves
    Thief-thieves
    Polis-polis. I thought that plural of polis is polices
    Handkerchief-handkerchieves
    Louse-lise
    Mouse-mise
    Piano-pianos
    Baby-babies
    Brush-brushes
    Fish-fish.

    Gilla

  8. New words I learnt this leason:

    1 handkerchiefs – handkerchief

    2 roof -roofs

    3 knife – knives

    4 thief – thieves

    5 wife – wives

    6 fly – flies

    7 lady – ladies

    8 shelf – shelves

    9 mouse – mice

    10 witch – witches

    Gilla

  9. 1 – 100%
    2 – 94%
    3 – 97%
    leaf – leaves
    knife – knives
    wife – wives
    fly – flies
    ox – oxen
    louse – lice
    scarf scarves

    Gilla

  10. seat – seats
    shelf – shelves
    hero – heroes
    brush – brushes
    baby – babies
    louse- lice
    analysis – analyses
    loaf – loaves

    I learned from the exercises, when you could see when you had wrong/right between 2 choices.

    Gilla

  11. Task B

    It was an outstanding moment; Rubashov lit another cigaret while he was heading outside his room. Rubashov looked left and saw the guy that was outside, he talked to him and said ”what were you doing outside?” the other guy replied with ”I was training”. Rubashov said ”I want also to train can we train together and by the way what’s is your name” The other guy replied with ”my name is Atem” after an awkward silence Atem said ”meet me outside in 10 minutes”.

    Rubashow went to his room and noticed a rabbit jumping across the courtyard in a fast speed. The rabbit went in to a little hole it could barley fit in the hole. Rubashov said to himself ”It most be really cold outside”. Rubashov put on multiple layer of clothes and headed outside. When he walked down the stairs he could already see Atem from the window when Rubashov opened the door the cold air made Rubashov feel cold.

    They trained outside in the cold snowy weather for two hours and after two hours Atem said ”let’s head up into our rooms before we could get sick”. They both headed upstairs and Rubashov saw flare that pointed at Atem like he was some angel. When they was heading upstairs they saw the other guys play some kind of card games. When Rubashov was near his room Atem said ”come into my room I have some warm chocolate”. Rubshov liked the idea and went into Atem’s room and he noticed how clean it was. Atem was making some hot chocolate they both sat down, they drank their hot chocolate and talked for the rest of the night.

    Gilla

    1. It was an outstanding moment; Rubashov lit another cigarette while he was heading outside his room. Rubashov looked left and saw the guy that was outside, he talked to him and said ”what were you doing outside?” the other guy replied with ”I was training”. Rubashov said ”I want also to train can we train together and by the way what’s is your name” The other guy replied with ”my name is Atem” after an awkward silence Atem said ”meet me outside in ten minutes”.

      Rubashov went to his room and noticed a rabbit dashing across the courtyard. The rabbit went in to a little hole; it could barley fit in the hole. Rubashov said to himself ”It most be really cold outside”. Rubashov put on multiple layer of clothes and headed outside. When he walked down the stairs he could already see Atem from the window when Rubashov opened the door the cold air made Rubashov feel cold.

      They trained outside in the cold snowy weather for two hours and after two hours Atem said ”let’s head up into our rooms before we could get sick”. They both headed upstairs and Rubashov saw flare that pointed at Atem like he was some angel. When they was heading upstairs they saw the other guys play some kind of card games. When Rubashov was near his room Atem said ”come into my room I have some warm chocolate”. Rubshov liked the idea and went into Atem’s room and he noticed how clean it was. Atem was making some hot chocolate they both sat down, they drank their hot chocolate and talked for the rest of the night.

      Gilla

  12. Rubashov woke up the next day on a flight towards TE42-B that was 4345 Light years away in the neighbor galaxy GLB4269-A.

    He went there often to get away from reality. Surprisingly the flight only took 3 or 6 hours depending on the worm hole that they used. He usually works for the company that built the planes for this kind of flights but he got fired for being ”too stupid”. In reality he was the smartest one. They where scared of his 400 IQ which they thought he would use to get the company. In fact he only like to build planes. He didn’t do it for the money either.

    Rubashov was often depressed of the fact that he got fired but he thought that he could start his own company that makes planes and try to outcompete the others. So that what he did.

    He made sure noone would know so he hacked into all databases and erased all evidence that he existed.
    But he made one, big mistake. he forgot to change how he looked.

    End of chapter 2

    Gilla

  13. Rubashov sat down by the mattress once again, he thougth of his friends and family he had left behind. While he sat there, he looked at the moist wall, all torn apart and the colour was starting to fade out. As Rubashov sat in his cell staring at the wall, the guard outside had stopped marching and was now were to be seen. There was a knock on Rubashovs’ cell door. They opened it and told him to follow them. Rubashov stod up and put on coat and followed after the guards. The guards took him out to the main entrance of the prison and he was told that his bail had been bought. That was the last time Rubashov drank alcohol and took drugs in public. He thought he was in Alcatraz but he was just in a simple drunk tank imagining stuff.

    Gilla

  14. His cigarette felt on the floor he was choked, but I turned on the TV someone had the time to take a picture of the streak; I wasn’t the only one who saw the streak. I lighted my cigarette and sat down and watched the reports mouth, I didn’t even fell how my mind was going away.

    I woke by a high sound I ran up to the window I didn’t see anything I was all black, I got stressed the TV turned off itself.
    I tried to turn it on if the news told what’s going on, but the TV didn’t go on. I ran out to the window but I couldn’t see anything jet when I say I don’t see anything then I mean it’s black smoke over the hole place. When I open the door I see that the some comes from a fire.

    Gilla

  15. Task B

    While Rubashov stood a the window and he thought to himself: The guy down at the ground with the rifle and bayonet look too focus on marching that I might be able to take him out if I create a plan. He looked out the cell door to see if guards were close to him. There were 3 guards, 1 was at the door out and 2 walked around to check the cells. Rubashov plan was to lure the 2 guards that walked around the cells to go to the cell next to him and then take keys from 1 of the guards, then make them go to the other side of the cells, and then try to make the guy at the door go somewhere, as his cell was on the second floor he could lure them at different times.

    Rubashov picked up a plate from yesterdays dinner and threw it to the side of his cell when the 2 guards didn’t look, the noticed it and they both went to check what happened and thankfully for Rubashov one had their keys directed at him, so he took them while they didn’t notice. He also had a glass from his dinner that he later on threw to the other side of his cell. The guards really wondered how this could happen 2 times in one day, so they talked to other people in other cells to see who threw them. While that happened Rubashov open his cell door and rushed to the end where the stairs came and then saw the guard at the exit.

    Rubashov only had one thing left to do, he had to distract the guard at the exit, he needed to think of something quick because he didn’t think of anything before hand. The 2 things he came up with was that he would rush him and take him out as soon as possible, and the other one was that he would distract him but he had nothing to distract him with. He was that the guard at the exit turned around for a second and then he attacked, he ran as fast and as quiet as possible down the stairs and started to choke the guard out. He managed to do it without the other guard hearing him.

    He opened the exit and went out whit no-one knowing that he was there. He looked around the corner and saw the guy with the rifle and the bayonet and he knew his pattern of how he went, he did the same before when Rubashov looked out the window. The guard just turned around and then Rubashov went forward slowly, it was a little windy at the time so his steps couldn’t be heard from the guard, he came to the guard and tried to choke him from behind as he did to the guard inside. He didn’t manage to do it like last time and you then you could hear a siren from inside the prison that they knew what has happened. The guard pushed Rubashov off and took his rifle out and aimed at him and the took him in again and put him in a cell that was harder to get out off.

    Rubashov was so close and getting out of the prison and he failed at the last second, now he got to take more punishment for what he did.

    Gilla

  16. Rubashov took his shoes off, still standing at the window. He put out his cigarette, laid the stump on the floor at the end of his bedstead, and remained sitting on the mattress for a few minutes. He went back to the window once more. The courtyard was still; the sentry was just turning; above the machine-gun tower he saw a streak of the Milky Way.

    the cold snow started to drop inside the cell floor got wet and it almost frosty skate on it and so rubashov could use it to take down the guard and free him self from this hell hole he thouoght but how would he be able to get the guard down here without every guard that was guarding this place. Maybe i do it when he comes to get me my daily meal for the week then when he turns around ill hit him in the back of the head with my foodplate

    Gilla

  17. Task B

    Milky Way is beutiful, Rubashov thought for himself while still staring at the sky. There is not much time left for Rubashov and he knows it he had been diagnosed with cancer a while back.

    Rubashov sat down on his old brown couch, while the lantern continuously still flashed on his bayonet that were on a table right infront of him. He took one last time to reflect on his life…

    Gilla

  18. Task

    He decided to go down at the yard. As he reached there he saw a man walking with his dog, he asked if they can have a talk about something, everything or about life.
    they where having a talk when the dog run away to the garden and started yelling with high sound. They tried to figure out what was that. There where a big cat which was trying to catch a little mouse.

    They starred for a while and turned back to the yard. They were discussing about stars the solar system and the Milky Way.
    Stars where shinning and that light coming from them made the sky look glowing and beauty. ”Sometimes I prefer to just be alone and watch stars then to be a crowd folk and be in pars” said by Rubashov.

    They keep talking
    In the day we have the sun light which more powerful then the stars and that makes stars be unseen and when it gets dark and sunlight go away thats the time we could able to observe if there is stars or not in the universe.
    So sometimes we need to go the darker place to see what we can’t see in the day light.

    Gilla

  19. The Next Chapter of Darkness at Noon

    Rubashov skratched his neck, sitting on his bed wondering. He was thinking about where he would be in 10 years. Would he be sitting on the street begging people for money or would he have a propper job and a family. After a while he felt his eyes were closing slowly and his sight faded away. Next morning he gets woken up in a hurry, the guard told him to take his plate with breakefast. He took his plate and gave the guard a very loud ”Thank You!”. He went to bed with his plate. He had never been this tired at the mornig before. He heard a loud ”Aaaaaaoocchh!”, it was his cell neighbour. The guards had made a search through his cell and found out that he had a tiny knife under his beed sheets. Rubashov knew that he wouldnt see that guy anymore.

    12:PM Rubashov thought of something, he was thinking about escaping from the prison. He knew that it would be really hard but he didnt think it was impossible. He went to the windows, the grid on the windows was really loose, he could just grab them and they would separete from the windows. Rubashov heard a loud ”GOOD MORNING ” and suddenly he woke up. It was all a dream, hes wife had made him breakfast on the bed since it was his birthday.

    Gilla

  20. Chapter 2

    The cell doors opened and Rubashov headed to the cafeteria for breakfast.

    He grabbed a plate and sat down beside his friend Makarov. Makarov gave him him is monthly cigarettes for that one favor Rubashov did years ago. Makarov had apparently been planning a jailbreak and told Rubashov, but he didn’t seem too keen on the idea as he only had 4 years left. Makarov looked at him fiercely and took off in silence. Rubashov continued to eat his food and then went to the court area to lift some weights.

    It was mid October so it was beginning to get very cold. All the weights were taken so he sat on one of the benches and waited for a free weight. After about 2 minutes it had already started raining so all the inmates dropped their weights and went inside. Rubashov didn’t care and started going at it in the freezing rain. A guard watched him from on top of the endless walls.

    By now it had started to downpour. Rubashov was now the only one outside, and he wouldn’t go inside.

    Gilla

  21. While looking out of the window he saw his cousin Bary. Bary the legend came to his rescue. Bary pulled up a loaded machine gun out of his pocket and started reloading it like he had never reloaded before, he started shooting the shit out of every guard, when they were finally dead he just kept shooting as sweat ran down his face.

    Bary was ready for war, he didn’t care about any consequences. With no hesitation Bary The Legend ran into the prison and started shooting Rubashov down with no intention of stopping, who could expect this.

    Gilla

  22. he like it the way that the stars shinning and it reminds the good days and nights that he had with his fiancé att the outside of the prison but unfortunatelly today he is inside of four wall that he doesn’t avoid go out without permission.
    That night was too long for him and he couldn’t wait until the sun was risen, he didn’t sleep because in that day he have a meeting with his fiancé after long time.

    Rubashov was so stressed att the meeting because his fiancé was blaming him that he is criminal while Rubashov saying I am innocent and trying to convince her that he didn’t do anything, it was a good opportunity for him this meeting because she was his life and loved her.

    Gilla

  23. Two days later Rubashov woke up, still looking out the window. He had now realised that the window was in fact a mirror, that only showed Rubashov’s reflection. All of the things that he had seen were only imaginary; even though he didn’t know that, he always had the feeling that something wasn’t like it was supposed to be. The Milky Way wasn’t the real Milky Way, it was just an old bowl of milk and cereal.
    He then realised that nothing at all in his room was real, the roof was not the space (etc.)

    Gilla

  24. Later that same night when, the wind had made the room a little cooler he felt himself shiver. So he asked for a blanket to warm himself, but the guard said no, and told him to F* off. He went back to the bed and tried to sleep but he couldn’t it was too cold and the pipes made too much noise. In the morning when the sunshine touches his eyes, he still sat against the door and lit a cigarette. After a few minutes the guards woke up and they had their morning routine.

    And then it all went black..

    Gilla

  25. Task B
    Rubashov still looking out of the window, he smoke and he look to sky and stars are shinning. In the morning of that night while he woke up and he went out of his house, he meets a little boy whoes name was Basirov. Basirov was a little boy and he was very intelligent. Rubashov took him to his friends house. ”He is a prodigy”, the Rubashov told to his friend.
    I´ve never seen a more intelligent boy like him. He has an answer for everyting. Said Rubashov.
    Rubashovs friend was a proud man who thought hemself the only intelligent person in the country. He was so jealous.
    ”He doesn´t look very intelligent”, said Rubashovs friend glancing at Ramanov. In any case the more intelligent is a boy, the duller he becomes as a man”.
    ”Is that true?” asked Basirov, with a air of innocence.
    ”Then, sir, as a boy you must have been even more intelligent than i am”.

    Gilla

  26. He was so confused, most of the times his mind took him to his childish times. While he was thinking of his childhood, suddenly he fell asleep with the cigarette in his hands. He fall asleep and he goes to a deep dream.

    While Rubshow was dreaming, he dreamed that he went to his room and lit a cigaret. He noticed a cat jumping across the window and he get scared. Then the cigaret fall down on the ground, then he feels that something is burning. Rubshow waking up and he notice thad he have the cigaret lighted on his hands.

    Gilla

Kommentera

Fyll i dina uppgifter nedan eller klicka på en ikon för att logga in:

WordPress.com-logga

Du kommenterar med ditt WordPress.com-konto. Logga ut /  Ändra )

Twitter-bild

Du kommenterar med ditt Twitter-konto. Logga ut /  Ändra )

Facebook-foto

Du kommenterar med ditt Facebook-konto. Logga ut /  Ändra )

Ansluter till %s

%d bloggare gillar detta: