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    GRAMMAR

    RULES FOR
    PLURAL
    NOUNS
    WHAT'S A NOUN?
    A noun is a word that represents a person, a
    place, a thing or idea.
    WHAT'S A PLURAL NOUN?
    A plural noun is a noun that refers to more
    than one person, place, thing, or idea

    DOG DOGS
    (Singular)
    To make regular nouns plural, add –s to the end.

    Cat – cats
    House – houses
    Camera - cameras
    Pen - pens
    BEWARE OF THE GRAMMAR

    The cat is playing The cats are playing


    That cat is playing Those cats are playing
    There is a cat playing There are two cats playing
    If the singular noun ends in –s, –ss, –sh, –ch, –x, or –z, you
    usually add -es to the end to make it plural.

    Iris – irises
    Class – classes
    Bush – bushes
    Lunch – lunches
    Tax – taxes
    Quiz – quizes
    For most nouns that end with –f or –fe, you add an –s to
    form the plural version.

    Roof – roofs
    Belief – beliefs
    Chef – chefs
    Chief – chiefs
    For some nouns ending this way, you must change the –f or –
    fe to -ves

    Wife – wives
    Wolf – wolves
    Knife - knives
    Leaf - leaves
    Life - lives
    If a singular noun ends in –y and the letter before the –y is a consonant,
    you usually change the ending to –ies to make the noun plural.

    City – cities
    consonant + Y

    Puppy – puppies
    Dictionary - dictionaries
    If the singular noun ends in –y and the letter before the –y is a vowel,
    simply add an –s to make it plural.

    Boy – boys
    vowel + Y
    Ray- rays
    Key - keys
    Day - days
    If the singular noun ends in –o, you add –s or –es to make it plural.

    Photo – photos Potato – potatoes


    Radio – radios Tomato – tomatoes
    Kilo - kilos Mango - mangoes
    Logo - logos Torpedo - torpedoes
    Zero - zeros Superhero - superheroes
    IRREGULAR
    PLURAL
    NOUNS
    Irregular plural nouns are nouns that do not become
    plural by adding -s or -es, as most nouns in the
    English language do.
    Nouns that change vowels:

    SINGULAR PLURAL
    Foot Feet
    Tooth Teeth
    Goose Geese
    Man Men
    Woman Women
    For a variety of historical reasons, some words change in
    spelling substantially when made plural.

    SINGULAR PLURAL
    Mouse Mice
    Louse Lice
    Die Dice
    Ox Oxen
    Child Children
    Person People

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