Plurals

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Singular and Plural

What do these terms mean?

Goal: to find out and to be able to make plurals 

Plural of: shoe

1. shoe
2. shoes
3. shoe's
4. shoos

Plural of: baby

1. baby's
2. babies
3. babie's
4. babys

Plural of: puppy

1. puppies
2. puppy's
3. puppys
4. puppen

Plural of: tomato

1. tomatos
2. tomaten
3. tomato's
4. tomatoes

Plural of: hero

1. heroes
2. hero's
3. heros
4. held

Plural of: wife

1. wifes
2. ladies
3. wife's
4. wives

Plural of: goose

1. ganzen
2. goosen
3. gooses
4. geese

Plural of: knife

1. knife's
2. knifes
3. knives
4. kniven

Plural of: child

1. child's
2. childs
3. kinderen
4. children

Explanation of plurals

If you're talking about more than one thing, you use a plural.

To make a plural, you add -s or -es to the word:

street - streets

box - boxes

Explanation of plurals

If a word ends with a consonant and an -o:

tomato - tomatoes

hero - heroes

Exceptions:

photo – photos

piano – pianos

Explanation of plurals

If a word ends with a consonant and a -y:

party - parties

baby - babies

If the word ends with -f or -fe:

shelf - shelves

wolf - wolves

Explanation of plurals

Some words have their own plural:

mouse - mice

child - children

person - people

Some words stay the same:

fish, sheep, deer

Explanation of plurals