When do you change -f into -ves in the plural form? What is the plural of belief and what is the plural of wife? Read our post below to find it out.
First do a short vocabulary test. Choose the right answer:
Easy questions:
1. What is the English word for ‘a young cow’?
a. a calf b. a lamb c. a kid d. a foal
2. What is the English word for someone who steals money or valuable things from you?
a. a hijacker b. a blackmailer c. a bribee d. a thief
3. If you have a strong feeling that something exists or is true, it is your …
a. fantasy b. whim c. belief d. intention
Difficult questions:
4. After farmers have reaped wheat or rye, they bind the cut plants in bundles. One of these bundles is called...
a. a sheaf b. a scythe c. a rake d. a haystack
5. What do you call in English a piece of cloth you use to blow your nose with?
a. a sponge b. a handkerchief c. a napkin d. a duster
6. What is the English word for a small fairy-tale creature with pointed ears that has magical powers?
a. a mermaid b. a unicorn c. an elf d. a centaur
If you have answered our questions correctly, all the words you have chosen end in –f(e): a calf, a thief, belief, a sheaf, a handkerchief, a dwarf. How are their plurals formed?
In English there are 13 nouns ending in –f(e) that have plural forms ending in –ves.
Remember them:
TWO words describing people:
a wife –wives
a thief – thieves
ONE word describing a fairy tale creature:
an elf – elves
TWO words describing animals
a wolf – wolves
a calf –calves
THREE words that describe things that can be found in the kitchen:
a knife – knives
a loaf – loaves
a shelf - shelves
TWO words connected with plants:
a leaf – leaves
a sheaf – sheaves
And FOUR more words:
a half – halves
a life – lives
a scarf- scarves
self - selves
Other words ending in –f(e) have plurals ending in –fs\-fes. For example, a belief- beliefs, a handkerchief- handkerchiefs.
Let’s practise. Can you form plurals from the following nouns?
1. a cliff 6. a shelf
2. a roof 7. a leaf
3. a wolf 8. a safe
4. a proof 9. a sheriff
5. a cuff 10. a loaf
First do a short vocabulary test. Choose the right answer:
Easy questions:
1. What is the English word for ‘a young cow’?
a. a calf b. a lamb c. a kid d. a foal
2. What is the English word for someone who steals money or valuable things from you?
a. a hijacker b. a blackmailer c. a bribee d. a thief
3. If you have a strong feeling that something exists or is true, it is your …
a. fantasy b. whim c. belief d. intention
Difficult questions:
4. After farmers have reaped wheat or rye, they bind the cut plants in bundles. One of these bundles is called...
a. a sheaf b. a scythe c. a rake d. a haystack
5. What do you call in English a piece of cloth you use to blow your nose with?
a. a sponge b. a handkerchief c. a napkin d. a duster
6. What is the English word for a small fairy-tale creature with pointed ears that has magical powers?
a. a mermaid b. a unicorn c. an elf d. a centaur
If you have answered our questions correctly, all the words you have chosen end in –f(e): a calf, a thief, belief, a sheaf, a handkerchief, a dwarf. How are their plurals formed?
In English there are 13 nouns ending in –f(e) that have plural forms ending in –ves.
Remember them:
TWO words describing people:
a wife –wives
a thief – thieves
ONE word describing a fairy tale creature:
an elf – elves
TWO words describing animals
a wolf – wolves
a calf –calves
THREE words that describe things that can be found in the kitchen:
a knife – knives
a loaf – loaves
a shelf - shelves
TWO words connected with plants:
a leaf – leaves
a sheaf – sheaves
And FOUR more words:
a half – halves
a life – lives
a scarf- scarves
self - selves
Other words ending in –f(e) have plurals ending in –fs\-fes. For example, a belief- beliefs, a handkerchief- handkerchiefs.
Let’s practise. Can you form plurals from the following nouns?
1. a cliff 6. a shelf
2. a roof 7. a leaf
3. a wolf 8. a safe
4. a proof 9. a sheriff
5. a cuff 10. a loaf
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