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    1) There are rules for forming the plural of nouns in English by adding "-s" or "-es" depending on the spelling of the singular form. 2) Some nouns are irregular and do not follow the typical rules, changing the spelling or staying the same from singular to plural. 3) Countable nouns have both a singular and plural form while uncountable nouns only have one form without plurality.

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    1) There are rules for forming the plural of nouns in English by adding "-s" or "-es" depending on the spelling of the singular form. 2) Some nouns are irregular and do not follow the typical rules, changing the spelling or staying the same from singular to plural. 3) Countable nouns have both a singular and plural form while uncountable nouns only have one form without plurality.

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    Plural forms of English nouns

    1st October 2017 by Andrew 1 Comment

    In this lesson, you will learn how to form the plural form of nouns.

    Only countable nouns have a plural forum. Uncountable nouns


    (example “milk”, “flour”, “water”) do not have a plural form.

    The singular form of a countable noun is used to describe one unit of it.
    The plural form is used when there is more than one unit.

    Example with a regular noun:

    Singular form of noun: car ( I have one car.)


    Plural form of noun: cars ( I have three cars.)

    There are several rules for how to form the plural depending on the
    ending of the noun in the singular form. The spelling is very important.

    Regular nouns
    For most regular nouns, we add –s to the end of the singular form:

    singular plural

    coat coats

    dog dogs

    house houses

    road roads

    ship ships

     Nouns ending in -ch, -sh, -s (or “s” sound), -x or


    -z:
    We add –es:
    singular plural

    box boxes

    bus buses

    buzz buzzes

    church churches

    Nouns ending in -y
    For nouns ending in -y, the plural form depends on the letter before the
    “y”

    Nouns ending in a VOWEL + y


    (Vowels are the letters a, e, i, o, u)

    Add –s

    singular plural

    boy boys

    day days

    key keys

    Nouns ending in a CONSONANT + y


    (Consonants are all the letters of the alphabet apart from the vowels: b,
    c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z)

    Change the y to i and add –es

    singular plural

    baby babies

    city cities

    ferry ferries

    lady ladies
     Nouns ending in -f or -fe
    Replace the -f or -fe with –ves for these nouns:

    singular plural

    calf calves

    elf elves

    half halves

    knife knives

    leaf leaves

    life lives

    loaf loaves

    self selves

    shelf shelves

    thief thieves

    wife wives

    wolf wolves
    For most other nouns ending in -f or -fe, just add –s:

    Nouns ending in -f or -fe


    Replace the -f or -fe with –ves for these nouns

    For most other nouns ending in -f or -fe, just add –s:

    singular plural

    giraffe giraffes

    roof roofs
    Nouns ending in -o
    For nouns ending in -o, the plural form depends on the letter before
    the “o”

    Nouns ending in a VOWEL + o


    Add –s

    singular plural

    radio radios

    zoo zoos

    Irregular nouns ending in a CONSONANT + o


    For these irregular nouns, we add –es:

    singular plural

    buffalo buffaloes (or buffalo)

    domino dominoes

    echo echoes

    embargo embargoes

    hero heroes

    mosquito mosquitoes

    potato potatoes

    tomato tomatoes

    torpedo torpedoes

    veto vetoes
    Nouns ending in -o
    For nouns ending in -o, the plural form depends on the letter before
    the “o”

    Nouns ending in a VOWEL + o


    Add –s

    singular plural

    radio radios

    zoo zoos

    Irregular nouns ending in a CONSONANT + o


    For these irregular nouns, we add –es:

    singular plural

    buffalo buffaloes (or buffalo)

    domino dominoes

    echo echoes

    embargo embargoes

    hero heroes

    mosquito mosquitoes

    potato potatoes

    tomato tomatoes

    torpedo torpedoes

    veto vetoes

    Irregular nouns with different irregular plurals


    singular plural

    child children
    foot feet

    goose geese

    man men

    mouse mice

    ox oxen

    person people

    tooth teeth

    woman women

     
    Irregular nouns with the same plurals
    Some nouns are the same in the singular and plural:

    singular plural

    aircraft aircraft

    buffalo buffalo (or buffaloes)

    deer deer

    fish fish

    hovercraft hovercraft

    moose moose

    sheep sheep

    spacecraft spacecraft

    Irregular nouns with different irregular plurals


    singular plural

    child children

    foot feet

    goose geese

    man men

    mouse mice

    ox oxen
    person people

    tooth teeth

    woman women

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