Plurals

Plurals

• Adding 's' or 'es'

         Add 's' to most nouns and verbs. 

Examples: cat/cats     play/plays

         Add 'es' if words end in 'ch', 'sh', 'x', 's' or 'z'. 

Examples: church/churches     dish/dishes     fox/foxes

• Words ending in 'y'

          If preceded by a consonant, change the 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'.

Example: candy/candies

          If preceded by a vowel, just add 's'.

Example: toy/toys

• Words ending in 'o'

          Some words ending in 'o' add 'es'.

          Common words that must have 'es' are: potatoes, tomatoes, echoes, heroes, vetoes, embargoes and torpedoes.

          If preceded by a vowel, just add 's'.

Examples: radio/radios     patio/patios     zoo/zoos     kangaroo/kangaroos

• Words ending in 'f'

          Change the 'f' to 'v' and add 'es'.

Example: leaf/leaves

• Exceptions:

          Some nouns have different plurals. Example: tooth/teeth

          Some nouns don't change for plurals. Example deer/deer