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Plural: Nouns ending in -ff, -f, -fe - English lesson

Plural: words ending in -ff, -f, -fe

-ff


Buff	Cliff	Cuff	Dandruff	Distaff spindle

Muff	Earmuff	Handcuff	Knockoff cerono vs corona	Mastiff

Add an 's'. Same rule for words ending in -ffe.

Sheriffs	Giraffes

Words ending in -f / -fe

Either add: an 's'
OR : 'f' becomes 'v'

+ '-s'

Gulf, gulfs	Reef, reefs	Roof, roofs	Safe, safes

Belief, beliefs	Brief, briefs	Chief, chiefs	Proof, proofs

+ -ves

Calf, calves	Half, halves	Knife, knives	Leaf, leaves	Life, lives

Loaf, loaves (of bread)	Shelf, shelves	Thief, thieves	Wife, wives	Wolf,wolves

Both forms

Dwarf, dwarfs or dwarves	Handkerchief (s or ves)	Hoof ,hoofs or hooves	Scarf, scarfs or scarves	Wharf, wharfs or wharves

NB :

Compound words
wife => wives	housewife => housewives midwife => midwives	knife => knives	penknife => penknives pocketknife => pocketknives
shelf => shelves	bookshelf => bookshelves	wolf => wolves	werewolf => werewolves

midwife

Family names/ Surnames: the Smiths.
the Wolfs

one elf, two elves

Exercise: write the plural of the words in brackets.

If there are 2 possible plural forms for a word, choose the solution '/' with the 2 words.

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1.   During the night, two (thief) broke into a sweet shop and stole a candy cane.

  2. Planting on (roof) and walls began in Europe. It is now becoming popular all over the world.

   3. Snow White hides among the (dwarf) . But the Queen finds her and gives her a poisoned apple.

   4. Do (wolf) really howl at the moon? Scientists say that it's just a myth.

5. Everybody has the right to have their own (belief) . In Scotland some people believe in haunted castles.

     6. Our brain is made up of two (half) : a left brain and a right brain.
        The left side of our body is wired to the right side of our brain and vice versa.

7. Blue whale (calf) can weigh as much as 8 tons, making them the largest newborns in the world.

             8. Clownfish always live near anemones in coral (reef) .
They are immune from the stinging tentacles.


  9. Like our fingernails, horse (hoof) grow continuously.
       They need to be trimmed every six to eight weeks by a farrier.

   10. For her birthday, Suzan would like one of those fashionable (scarf) . She loves them a lot.

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