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    The Plural of Nouns: Boxes

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    There are several rules for making nouns plural in English: 1. Most nouns form the plural by adding -s. 2. Nouns ending in a consonant plus -y change the -y to -ies to form the plural. 3. Nouns ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, or -z add -es to form the plural, except those ending in -ch with a 'k' sound simply add -s. 4. Some nouns have irregular plural forms, changing the word entirely or keeping the same singular/plural form.

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    There are several rules for making nouns plural in English: 1. Most nouns form the plural by adding -s. 2. Nouns ending in a consonant plus -y change the -y to -ies to form the plural. 3. Nouns ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, or -z add -es to form the plural, except those ending in -ch with a 'k' sound simply add -s. 4. Some nouns have irregular plural forms, changing the word entirely or keeping the same singular/plural form.

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    There are several rules for making nouns plural in English: 1. Most nouns form the plural by adding -s. 2. Nouns ending in a consonant plus -y change the -y to -ies to form the plural. 3. Nouns ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, or -z add -es to form the plural, except those ending in -ch with a 'k' sound simply add -s. 4. Some nouns have irregular plural forms, changing the word entirely or keeping the same singular/plural form.

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    The of nouns T o r n a Plural do

    B a b y
    M e n

    Tomato

    b o x e s H e r o

    Most nouns make their plurals by simply adding s to the end e.g. cat -cats, book-books, journey-journeys Rule N.2 If the noun ends with a consonant plus -y, make the plural by changing -y to -ies: e.g.baby-babies, activity-activities, daisy-daisies.

    Rule N.3
    a)

    If the noun ends with -ch, -s, -sh, -x, or -z, add -es to form the plural:

    Singular church bus fox

    plural churches buses foxes

    Rule N.4
    b)

    Theres one exception to this rule. If the -ch ending is pronounced with a k sound, you add s rather than -es:
    N.B. !!

    Singular stomach epoch

    Plural stomachs epochs

    Witch

    choose the correct form witch witches witchs skies skyes skis

    ski

    With nouns that end in a consonant or a single vowel plus -f or -fe, change the -f or -fe to -ves: a) e.g. knife half wolf wife knives halves wolves wives
    learn more

    Nouns ending in -o can add either -s or -es in the plural, and some can be spelled either way.
    a) As a general rule, most nouns ending in -o add -s to

    make the plural:

    e.g.
    solo solos

    zero

    zeros

    avocado

    avocados

    b) The nouns which have a vowel before the final -o always just add -s: e.g. Studio Studios Zoo Zoos kangaroo kangaroos

    c) Heres a list of the most common nouns ending in -o that are always spelled with -es in the plural: e.g. Domino dominoes potato potatoes Hero heroes

    Irregular plural forms Some nouns form their plural not by adding the ending s/es, but by changing the letters in the root of the word. man men woman women child children ox oxen mouse mice louse lice foot feet goose geese tooth teeth

    The same singular and plural form


    one sheep two sheep a deer two deer

    a fish two fish a dozen two dozen means means a species different species an alms alms crossroads crossroads

    a salmon several salmon an aircraft two aircraft a series two series a corps [ko:r] corps [ko:rz]
    gallows gallows

    THE END.

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