Do you find forming plurals in English difficult? Then this lesson is perfect for you!
Do we add -ies, -es or -s ?
✅ Add -s (general use)
Book - Books
Car - Cars
✅ Add -ies (Consonant + Y)
Party - Parties
Baby - Babies
✅ Add -s (Vowel + Y)
Boy - Boys
Way - Ways
✅ Add -es (-s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x, -o)
Bus - Buses Dress - Dresses Peach - Peaches Ash - Ashes Box - Boxes Tomato- Tomatoes
✅ Add -ves (-f , -fe)
Leaf - Leaves
Knife - Knives
Wolf - Wolves
✅ Some nouns end in -f but they don’t change to -ves:
Chief - Chiefs
Roof - Roofs
✅ Some nouns end in -o but they don’t change to -es:
Piano - Pianos
Video - Videos
✅ Irregular Plural Nouns
Child - Children
Fish -Fish
Foot - Feet
Tooth - Teeth
Man - Men
Person - People
Mouse - Mice
Sheep - Sheep
Woman - Women
Series - Series
Note: ‘Series’ is an irregular plural - 'series' is used both in the singular and in the plural.
Have you confused other plural nouns that we didn’t include in this lesson? Write in the comments section.
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