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Plural Nouns. Plural means more than 1! There are several rules for making nouns plural. Rule #1. For most nouns, simply add an “s” to make the noun plural. Examples: birds, desks, girls, oceans, pencils, teachers. Rule #2.
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Plural Nouns Plural means more than 1! There are several rules for making nouns plural.
Rule #1 • For most nouns, simply add an “s” to make the noun plural. • Examples:birds, desks, girls, oceans, pencils, teachers
Rule #2 • For nouns ending in ch, sh, ss, s, or x, add an –es to make the noun plural. • Examples: churches, foxes, bushes, buses, glasses, boxes
Rule #3 • Nouns that end with a consonant and y, change the y to i and add –es. • Examples: city-cities, berry-berries, canary-canaries,
Rule #4 • For nouns ending in a vowel and y, just add an s. • Examples: boy-boys, monkey-monkeys, donkey-donkeys
Rule #5 • For some nouns, the word changes to a completely new word when forming the plural. • Example: tooth-teeth, child-children, goose-geese, cactus-cacti, foot-feet
Rule #6 • For some nouns, the singular and plural form are the exact same! • Example: moose-moose, deer-deer, series-series