Spelling - Singular and Plural Nouns
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Write the plural form of the following nouns.
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Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
louse
lice
hero
heroes
person
sheep
loaf
piano
mouse
woman
roof
that
ox
aircraft
son-in-law
wolf
potato
knife
spy
church
deer
leaf
this
life
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Answers
If the singular form of the noun ends in
-s, -ss, -x, -z, -sh
or
-ch
(when it is pronounced
ch
and not
k
), we add
-es
.
box => box
es
If the noun ends in
-y
and there is no vowel before the
y
, we change the
y
to
i
and add
-es
.
spy => sp
ies
For most nouns ending in
-f
and
-fe
the plurals are formed by changing
-f
or
-fe
to
-ves
(loaf, calf, thief, knife, leaf, life).
loaf => loa
ves
There are some exceptions which add only
-s
to form the plural (belief, chief, cliff, proof, roof, safe).
roof => roof
s
For most nouns ending in
-o
, you just add
-s
to form the plural (piano, radio, yoyo, zoo).
piano => piano
s
Certain nouns have plurals ending in
-oes
(potato, tomato, echo, domino, hero, embargo, veto, Negro).
echo => echo
es
Some nouns change the vowels to form the plural (foot, goose, tooth, man, woman, mouse).
foot => f
ee
t
