Plural Nouns

Plural Nouns

Rules : How to Form Plural Nouns

Rule #1 Add -s

• Add -s to most singular nouns to make them plural.

• Remember: Singular means 1 and plural means more than 1.

• Examples:

• Egg-Eggs

• Bed-Beds

• Bike-Bikes

Rule #2 Add -es

• Add -es to words that end in s, sh, ch, or x.

• Examples:

• Box-Boxes

• Fox-Foxes

• Dish-Dishes

• Branch-Branches

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word dress?

• dress

• dressies

• dresses

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word peach?

• peachs

• peaches

Rule #3 Vowel + y Just add -s

• If a noun ends with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) plus a y, just add -s.

• Examples:

• boy-boys

• toy-toys

• day-days

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Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word monkey?

• monkeys

• monkies

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word donkey?

• donkeys

• donkies

Rule #4 Consonant + y (-ies)

• If a noun ends with a consonant + y, change the y to i and add es

• Examples:

• penny-pennies

• baby-babies

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word hobby?

• hobbys

• hobbies

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word cherry?

• cherrys

• cherries

Irregular Plurals NO CHANGE

• Some nouns don't follow the plural rules!

• They stay the same whether they are singular or plural!

• fish-fish

• sheep-sheep

• moose-moose

• deer-deer

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word fish?

• fishes

• fish

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word deer?

• deers

• deer

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word moose?

• mooses

• moose

Special Plural Nouns

• These special plural nouns DO NOT follow rules 1-4.

• Examples:

• tooth-teeth

• child-children

• man-men

• woman-women

• person-people

More Special Plural Nouns

• mouse-mice

• ox-oxen

• foot-feet

• goose-geese

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word child?

• childs

• children

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word goose?

• gooses

• geese