THE PLURAL FORM: SPELLING RULES
1. Add -s for the majority of nouns in English:
Examples: Book - Books; Cat - Cats; Girl - Girls; House - Houses; Dog - Dogs.
2. Add -es after sibillants (-s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x):
Examples: Kiss - Kisses; Dish - Dishes; Match - Matches; Box - Boxes.
3. Nouns ending in consonant + y: y – ies.
Examples: City - Cities; Lady - Ladies. BUT: Boy - Boys; Key - Keys.
4. IRREGULAR FORMS:
(a) -f, -fe in plural: -ves.
Examples: Loaf - Loaves; Wife - Wives; Knife - Knives.
(b) -oo in plural: -ee. Foot - Feet; Tooth - Teeth; Goose - Geese.
(c) Animal nouns ending in -ouse in plural: -ice.
Mouse - Mice; Louse - Lice.
(d) Food ending in –o in plural: -es.
Potato - Potatoes; Tomato - Tomatoes.
(e) HUMANS:
Person - People; Man - Men; Woman - Women; Child - Children.
(f) Nouns which don't change their singular form in the plural:
Fish - Fish; Sheep - Sheep.
EXERCISE – WRITE THE PLURAL FORM OF THESE WORDS:
TREE
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MAN
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ROOM
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TURKEY
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BABY
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FISH
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TOMATO
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TOY
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CAR
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FOOT
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CHILD
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KNIFE
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CAT
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WATCH
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