Plural Endings

Choose the correct plural noun.

"shelf"

• shelfs

• shelves

• shelfes

Choose the correct plural noun.

"life"

• lifes

• lives

• living

Choose the correct plural noun.

• leaving

• leafs

• leaves

Choose the correct plural noun.

"loaf"

• loaves

• loafes

• loafs

He hadn't washed all of the ...

• dish

• dishes

• dishs

They had many ____ they could play.

• gamess

• gameses

• games

What is the plural form of hour?

• houres

• hour's

• hours

• hourses

Match the following endings to make the words plural

• s

• penny

• ies

• fax

• es

• shoe

Answer explanation

Inflected Endings

Often, a singular noun can be changed to its plural form by adding the inflected ending -s, -es, or -ies.

• Add -s to most words.

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

• For words that end in y, change the y to an i, then add -es

What is the plural form of the word dish?

• dishs

• dish's

• dishes

• dishies

Nouns that end in a vowel followed by "y" change into plural form simply by addition of:

• es

• ves

• ies

• s