[ s ] після глухих приголосних
| | [ z ] після дзвінких приголосних і голосних
| | [ iz ] після
s, ss, x, sh, ch
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Singular Plural
book books
[buk] [buks]
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| Singular Plural
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| Singular Plural
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| bee bees
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| inch inches
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| [bi:] [bi:z]
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| [intʃ] [intʃiz]
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map maps
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| dog dogs
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| rose roses
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[mæp] [mæps]
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| [dɔg] [dɔgz]
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| [rouz] [rouziz]
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Винятки
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| The Singular Number
| The Plural Number
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f ® v
| a knife [naif]
a shelf [∫elf]
| knives [naivz]
shelves [∫elvz]
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приголосна + y ® i + es
| a factory [fæktәri]
a lorry [lɔri]
| factories [fæktәriz]
lorries [¢lɔriz]
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+ en
| a child [t∫aild]
an ox [ɔks]
| children [t∫ildrәn]
oxen [¢ɔksәn]
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зміна кореневого голосного
| a man [mæn]
a woman [¢wumәn]
a foot [fut]
a mouse [maus]
a goose [gu:s]
| men [men]
women [¢wimin]
feet [fi:t]
mice [mais]
geese [gi:s]
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однина збігається із множиною
| a sheep[∫i:p]
a deer [diә]
a fish [fi∫]
| many sheep[∫i:p]
many deer [diә]
many fish [fi∫]
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th [²] ® ths [ðz]
| a mouth [mau ø]
a path [pa:ø]
a bath [ba: ø]
| mouths [mauðz]
paths [pa:ðz]
baths [ba:ðz]
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[s] ®[z] + es [iz]
| a house [haus]
| houses [hauziz]
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тільки однина
| money [¢mΛni]
water [¢wɔtә]
weather [¢weðә]
work [wә:k]
suger [¢∫ugә]
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тільки множина
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| trousers [¢trauzәz]
spectacles [¢spektәklz]
scissors [¢sizәz]
clothes [klouðz]
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