PLURAL AND QUESTION TAGS REVIEW

PLURAL

1)   Most of the nouns: +s

Boat – boats,           chair - chairs

2)   Nouns ended in “s, ss, sh, ch, x, z, o” : + es

Bus – buses      dress – dresses      brush – brushes          beach – beaches

             Fox – foxes              buzz (zumbido) – buzzes

·     Consonant + o : +es           hero – heroes         tomato – tomatoes

·      Vowel + o : +s            rodeo – rodeos            patio (patio trasero) - patios

3)   Nouns ended in “y”:

-     Consonant + “y”: y disappears + ies        city – cities        story – stories

-     Vowel + “y”: + s         boy – boys          day - days

4)   Twelve nouns ended in “f” or “fe”: change into “ves”

Life – lives

Wife – wives

Knife – knives

Thief – thieves

Half – halves 

Calf – calves (ternero)

Elf – elves (duende)

Shelf – shelves (estantería)

Loaf – loaves (barra de pan)

Wolf – wolves

Sheaf – sheaves (fajo de billetes)

Leaf – leaves (hoja) 

5)   Irregular plurals:

Man – men 

Woman – women

Child – children

Tooth – teeth

Foot – feet

Louse – lice (piojo)

Mouse – mice

Ox – oxen(buey)

Goose – geese (ganso)

6)   The same form in singular and in plural:

Sheep     fish          deer         aircraft (avión)         means (medio)           species

                    Fowl (ave de corral)        moose (alce)

7)   Nouns always in plural:

Trousers        pants            pijamas             scissors           clothes

Glasses          goods (mercancias)                stairs               savings (ahorros)

Scales            shorts

QUESTION TAGS

RULES:

• In Spanish: ¿no?, ¿verdad?, ¿vale?
• They are always used with auxiliary verbs
• Affirmative sentences, negative question tags
• Negative sentences, affirmative question tags

It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?

Harry is flying now, isn’t he?

The players were really tired, weren’t they?

You went to Berlin in 2012, didn’t you?

Ann will be here soon, won’t she?

You can play the violin, can’t you?

My new neighbours aren’t very nice people, are they?

You weren’t studying at six, were you?

That cat always catches mice, doesn’t it?

Claire shouldn’t have spoken like that, should she?

The doctors hadn’t seen a case like that before, had they?

Carol mustn’t use make-up in the play, must she?

They go nowhere, do they?

She has never travelled abroad, has she?

BUT: 

-     I’marriving late at night, aren’t I?  

-     Let’sgo for a walk, shall we?

-     Openthe door, will you?

-     Don’t smokein this room, will you?