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Forming Plurals in English

1. There are several rules for forming plurals in English, including adding -s, -es, or -ies. Exceptions include nouns ending in -o, -f, or -fe. 2. Some nouns are irregular plurals that do not follow typical rules, such as mouse/mice and man/men. 3. Some words are only singular or plural and cannot be made plural or singular respectively, such as "information" or "glasses".

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Forming Plurals in English

1. There are several rules for forming plurals in English, including adding -s, -es, or -ies. Exceptions include nouns ending in -o, -f, or -fe. 2. Some nouns are irregular plurals that do not follow typical rules, such as mouse/mice and man/men. 3. Some words are only singular or plural and cannot be made plural or singular respectively, such as "information" or "glasses".

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Forming plurals in English

1. Singular +s
4. Replace y after a consonant with -ies

singular plural
singular plural
a car two cars
a city two cities
a pen two pens
a lady two ladies
a computer two computers
5. Nouns ending in -o
a bird two birds

add -s add -es


2. Singular +es
singular plural singular plural
singular plural
a piano two pianos a tomato two tomatoes
a fax two faxes
a photo two photos a hero two heroes
a sandwich two sandwiches
a disco two discos a potato two potatoes
a kiss two kisses
6. Nouns ending in -f or -fe
a garage two garages

add -s replace with -ves


3. Add +s after a vowel + y
singular plural singular plural
singular plural
a roof two roofs a thief two thieves
a day two days
a cliff two cliffs a wife two wives
a boy two boys
a sheriff two sheriffs a shelf two shelves

Kymberly Fergusson, LearnedWords.com, 2013


Forming plurals in English
There are many irregular plurals Some words are only singular (things that can not be counted)

singular plural singular

a mouse two mice information beauty goodness

a man two men chemistry impressionism mathematics

a woman two women copper gold electronics

a tooth two teeth

a foot two feet Task: Fill in the following table


a sheep two sheep
singular plural singular plural
a fish two fish
bicycle bicycles dogs
a child two children

a person two people monitor lives

a die two dice watch meetings


a radius two radii
volcano pizzas
Some words are only plural (things that come in pairs)
cherry leaves
plural
monkey keys
glasses (face) pants trousers

scissors panties stockings knife spaghetti

Kymberly Fergusson, LearnedWords.com, 2013

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