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German grammar Drill 2

Forming Plurals Singular nouns are those that describe one person or object: a boy, a girl, my house, their teacher, our party. Plural nouns describe more than one person or object: five boys, the women, a few windows,your parents, these flowers. In English, most nouns become plural by adding an -s. Some English nouns form their plural in other ways, such as one woman becomes ten women, a mouse becomes the mice. A few German nouns form their plural by adding an -s like English. These nouns tend to be foreign words, such as: singular          plural                    English das Auto         die Autos             cars das Baby         die Babys            babies das Kino          die Kinos          movie theaters der Streik       d...