Plurals

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Regular plurals

Just add -s to the end

Example: table - tables

What is the plural of:
cat

1. cat
2. cats
3. cates
4. cattes

Ending in s-sound

If you want to make a word plural that ends in an s-sound, you have to add - es

Example: dish - dishes

What is the plural of:
house

1. house
2. housses
3. houses
4. hice

What is the plural of:
bus

1. bus
2. buses
3. busses
4. bussess

What is the plural of:
lunch

1. lunches
2. lunchs
3. lunch
4. lunchess

Ending in -f or -fe

If you want to make a word plural that ends in -f or -fe, you have to change the -f to a -v and then add -s or -es

Example: wife - wives

What is the plural of:
thief

1. thief
2. thiefs
3. thiefes
4. thieves

What is the plural of:
wolf

1. wolf
2. wolfs
3. wolves
4. wolfes

Ending in -y (after a consonant)

If you want to make a word plural that ends in a consonant + -y, you have to change the -y to -i and then add -es

Example: baby - babies

What is the plural of:
city

1. cities
2. citys
3. city's
4. citis

What is the plural of:
puppy

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

Watch out!

This is different in Dutch!

's is NOT allowed for plurals in English

Ending in -y (after a vowel)

If you want to make a word plural that ends in a vowel + y, you can just add -s to the end

Example: day - days

What is the plural of:
ray

1. raies
2. rays
3. rais
4. rayes

What is the plural of:
boy

1. boys
2. bois
3. boies
4. boyes

Ending in -o

If you want to make a word plural that ends in -o, you have to add -es

Example: tomato - tomatoes

What is the plural of:
potato

1. potatos
2. potatoes
3. potato's
4. potato

What is the plural of:
hero

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

Ending in -o (exceptions!)

There are many exceptions that end in -o, but have a regular plural with -s. These are in most cases borrowed words from other languages.

Example: studio - studios

What is the plural of:
photo

1. photo's
2. photos
3. photoes
4. photi

Irregular plurals

There are many plurals that can't be explained. 

What is the plural of:
foot

What is the plural of:
sheep

What is the plural of:
man

What is the plural of:
series

What is the plural of:
mouse

What is the plural of:
woman

What is the plural of:
child