Plurals

Plurals

Rules

When you make a noun plural, you usually just add an -s.

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• Boy - Boys

• Toy - Toys

• Shop - Shops​

Rules​

Plurals

​Rules

But:

If a word ends in a consonant + y, you drop the y and add -ies.​

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• lady - ladies

• fairy - fairies​

consonant + y

Plurals

Rules

If a noun ends in ch, sh, s, ss, or x - we add -es

• church - churches​

• ​bush - bushes

• gas - gases​

• kiss - kisses​

• ​box - boxes

ending in ch, sh, s, ss or x

Plurals

Exceptions

Some nouns stay the same, whether they are singular or plural:

• bread, fish, moose

Some nouns change their spelling:

• foot - feet, man - men, women - women

Some nouns are always plural​:

• pants, pyjamas, clothes, news, cattle​

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Multiple Choice

ball

• balles
• balls
• ballies

Multiple Choice

family

• families
• familys
• familyes

Multiple Choice

table

• tableses
• tavles
• tables

Multiple Choice

cherry

• cherrys
• cherries
• cherryes

Multiple Choice

Which is the plural of "baby"?

• babyes

• babis

• babys

• babies

Multiple Choice

a city

• cities
• cityes
• citys

Multiple Choice

monkey

• monkeys

• monkeyes

• monkies

Multiple Choice

party

• partys

• partyes

• parties

Multiple Choice

• foot

• foots

• feet

• feets

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• Fox

• Foxes

• Foxies

• Foxy

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• mouse

• mouses

• mices

• mice

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• Knife

• Knifes

• Knives

• Knivies

Multiple Choice

• men

• mens

• menes

• many

Multiple Choice

• Sheeps

• Sheepies

• Sheepes

• Sheep

Multiple Choice

brush

• brushs

• brushes

• brushies

Multiple Choice

What is the plural of dish?

• dishs
• dishyes
• dishes

Multiple Choice

What is the plural of pencil?

• penciles
• pencils
• pencilyes

Multiple Choice

Men and ...................... danced at the party yesterday.

• woman
• womens
• womans
• women

Multiple Choice

All the ......... like to play in the park.

• child
• children
• childs
• childrens

Multiple Choice

watch

• watches
• watchs
• watchies