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The rules of regular and irregular Plural Nouns

The rules of regular and irregular Plural Nouns. The following are rules we will go through, discuss and practice. To make most nouns plural, just add s. Hand hands Rabbit rabbits Key keys Clock clocks Football footballs

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The rules of regular and irregular Plural Nouns

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  1. The rules of regular and irregular Plural Nouns The following are rules we will go through, discuss and practice

  2. To make most nouns plural, just add s • Hand hands • Rabbit rabbits • Key keys • Clock clocks • Football footballs • Door doors • Room rooms • Dog dogs • Light lights • Television televisions • Computer computers

  3. For nouns ending is s, x, z, ch or shadd -es PLURAL Box Boxes Pitch Pitches Wish Wishes Boss Bosses Buzz Buzzes Glass Glasses SINGULAR

  4. for nouns that end in o, add -es • Singular Noun Plural Noun • Potato potatoes • Tomato tomatoes • Hero heroes • Echo echoes • Bango banjoes • The plural of many words ending in o can be spelled with -s or –es.

  5. However, for some words ending in o, just add -s SINGULARPLURAL Cello Cellos Disco Discos Hairdo Hairdos Logo Logos Patio Patios Photo Photos Piano Pianos Radio Radios

  6. THERE ARE SOME PLURAL NOUNS, ENDING IN F, CHANGE THE F TO V AND ADD -ES SINGULAR PLURAL Half Halves Loaf Loaves Elf Elves Leaf Leaves Self Selves Shelf Shelves Thief Thieves Wolf Wolves

  7. However, some words ending in f, just add -s to make it plural SINGULAR PLURAL Chef Chefs Cliff Cliffs Ref Refs Roof Roofs

  8. Some nouns that end in -ife, change the f to v and then add -s SINGULAR PLURAL Wife Wives Life Lives Knife Knives

  9. For common nouns that end with a consonant+y, change the y to an I and then add -es SINGULAR PLURAL Poppy Poppies Fly Flies Penny Pennies Spy Spies Weekly Weeklies Sty Sties Sky Skies

  10. Some nouns are the same in both singular and plural form SINGULAR PLURAL Fish Fish Sheep Sheep Deer Deer Tuna Tuna Salmon Salmon Trout Trout

  11. For some nouns, change other letters or just change the word completely! SINGULAR PLURAL Person People Child Children Ox Oxen Foot Feet Tooth Teeth Goose Geese Mouse Mice Louse Lice Man Men

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