Plurals

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Regular nouns: (-s)

* To make  singular nouns plural, add ‑s to the end.

Examples:

cat – cats

dog - dogs

house – houses 

shop - shops

Regular nouns: 

* If the singular noun ends in ‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z, add ‑es to the end to make it plural.

Examples:

bus – buses

marsh – marshes

lunch – lunches

tax – taxes

Letter -y:

Y --> ies

Examples:

baby babies

city – cities

puppy – puppies

Spelling (-y)

Examples:

ray – rays

play - plays

boy – boys

toy - toys

Spelling change: (-f /-fe)

Examples:

life - lives 

wife - wives

wolf - wolves

Examples:

child – children

goose – geese

man – men

woman – women

tooth – teeth

foot – feet

mouse – mice

policeman - policemen

fish - fish 

Letter -o:

Examples:

hero - heroes

potato – potatoes

tomato – tomatoes

Exceptions:

photo – photos

piano – pianos

Plural of:

1. shoe
2. shoes
3. schoenen
4. shoos

Plural of:

1. taxs
2. taxen
3. tax's
4. taxes

Plural of:

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

Plural of:

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

Plural of:

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

Exercises Irregular Plural Nouns:

Plural of:

1. sheeps
2. sheep
3. schapen
4. sheep's

Plural of:

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

Plural of:

1. cattle
2. cattles
3. cattle's
4. cattlen

Plural of:

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

Plural of:

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

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