جمع الاسماء في اللغة الانكليزية :
جميع الاسماء تجمع باضفة الى نهايتها
(S) for example a book books .
ماعدا الاسماء التي تنتهي بالاتي
( Ch, sh, o, s, ss, z ) it take (es) in plural form for example :
A watch watches
One bus , three buses.
One match , many matches.
One dish, many dishes.
Y ويسبقها حرف ساكن تحذف ويضاف الى نهايتها
(ies) for example: a country countries, a city cities, one baby many babies,
One lady two ladies.
Y يسبقها حرف متحرك لا تحذف فقط يضاف لنهايتها
(s) for example :a boy – boys, a toy – toys, a day – days .
الكلمات التي تنتهي نهايتها ب
F we change (f) to ( ves) in plural form , for example
A Wife – wives, a knife – knives, a loaf- loaves, calf – calves , half- halves, leaf – leaves, shelf – shelves, thief – thieves.
هناك أسماء شاذة في جمعها يجب الانتباه أليها وهي على سبيل المثال:
A man – men, a woman- women, a policeman – policemen, a mouse- mice,
A louse – lice , a goose – geese, a child – children , a tooth – teeth, a foot –feet, an ox – oxes, a dormouse – dormice.
ملاحظة : أن هناك أسماء لا تجمع وتبقى كما هي في كلا الحالتين المفرد والجمع لاحظ الكلمات التالية على سبيل المثال:
One sheep many sheep .
A deer – deer, a fish – fish.
Many تستخدم مع الاسماء التي يمكن عدها على سبيل المثال
Many people
Much تستخدم مع الاسماء التي لا تعد ولا تحصى على سبيل المثال
Much sugar, much difficulty …..ect.
Exercise
Write the plural of following substantives:
One car two ….
One lorry three ….
One glass many ….
One bike four ….
One church many ….
One key two ….
One country twelve ….
One bush many ….
I have heard many…… about him. (story)
January has 31…… (day)
Jim lost two ….. in the fight. (tooth)
There were hundreds of ……. At the match. (policeman)
The two …. Were caught. (thief)
He bought two kilos of ……. . (tomato)
How many……… are on board? (passenger)
Have you seen my new ….. ? (shoe)
John’s and Michael’s ……. Are sisters.
What are the …….. singing? (child)
They are singing ’’three blind …… (mouse)
Three …… make a yard. (foot)
They have built two new …. (factory)
The …….. on these envelopes are wrong. (address)
Is it true that cats have nine ……. ? (life)
Ladies and ……….! (gentleman)
There are two ……. In my soup.(fly)
Jill bought two …… of chocolate. (box)
The ground was covered with lots of ……. (leaf)