Present Simple Hozirgi oddiy zamon quyidagi holatlarda ishlatiladi

species-tur

works-zavod
For.ex: a means of transport many means of transport

a television series two television series

a species of bird 200 species of bird
9. penny –pens otining ikkita ko’pligi bor:

a) pence-pul birligi ma’nosida;

b) pennies-tangalar, chaqalar ma’nosida.
For.ex: Could you lend me 50 pence/50p please?

I keep pennies and other small coins in a jar.

10. dozen-o’n ikkitalik, score-yigirmatalik so’zlaridan oldin son kelsa birlik va ko’plikda bir xil shaklga ega.

For.ex: Two dozen of eggs-12 ta tuxum

Three score of years-60 yil

NOTE: Bu otlar oldidan son kelmasa ko’plikda –s qo’shimchasini oladi:

For.ex: Pack the books in dozens, please!

Scores of people were present there.

Qo’shma otlarning ko’pligi

1. Ikkita otdan yasalgan yasalgan qo’shma otlarda ko’plik qo’shimchasi 2-otga qo’shiladi.

For.ex: ball game-ball games, schoolboy-schoolboys, postman-postmen

2. –ing form/adj + noun ko’rinishidagi qo’shma otlarda ko’plik qo’shimchasi otga qo’shiladi:

For.ex: swimming pool-swimming pools, greenhouse-greenhouses

3. Ikkita ot predlog bilan bog’lansa yoki bitta ot predlog bilan bog’lansa ko’plik qo’shimchasi 1-otga qo’shiladi.

For.ex: mother-in-law/mothers-in-law, commander-in-chief/commanders-in-chief, passer-by/passers-by

4. birorta ham otdan yasalmagan qo’shma otlarda ko’plik qo’shimchasi oxirga qo’shiladi:

For.ex: breakdown- breakdowns.

NOTE:Agar qo’shma otning birinchi so’zi man yoki woman bo’lsa, har ikkala so’z ham ko’plik shaklda bo’ladi.