Plural nouns
Plural nouns are words that express more than one. There are regular and irregular nouns.
Regular nouns
1.In most cases we add the suffix -s to a noun to make it plural.
Example: book – books; pen – pens; table – tables
2. If the noun ends in – s, -ss, -sh, ch, -x, -o, we add the suffix –es.
Example: bus – busses; dress- dresses; brush- brushes; coach – coaches; fox – foxes; tomato – tomatoes
3. If the noun ends in -y and there is a consonant before -y, it transforms into – ie and then we add the suffix -s.
Example: baby – babies; lady – ladies
4. If the noun ends in -f or -fe, we transform them into – ve and then we add the suffix -s.
Example: wolf – wolves; knife – knives
Irregular nouns
man | men |
woman | women |
child | children |
foot | feet |
tooth | teeth |
goose | geese |
mouse | mice |
person | people |
fish | fish |
sheep | sheep |
deer | deer |
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