The rules of regular and irregular plurals
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The document outlines rules for forming plurals in English. It discusses adding -s or -es to nouns ending in certain letters, changing the ending or spelling entirely for some nouns, and exceptions where nouns remain the same in both singular and plural forms.
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The rules of regular and irregular plurals
- 1. The Rules of Regular and Irregular Plurals For most nouns, just add -s For nouns ending in s, x, z, ch or sh, add -es Singular Plural Singular Plural hand hands box boxes rabbit rabbits pitch pitches key keys wish wishes clock clocks boss bosses However, for some words ending in o, just For some words ending in o, add -es add -s Singular Plural Singular Plural potato potatoes cello cellos tomato tomatoes disco discos hero heroes hairdo hairdos photo photos The plural of many words ending in o can be spelt with -s or -es. piano pianos radio radios For some words ending in f, change the f to a However, for some words ending in f, just v and add -es add -s Singular Plural Singular Plural half halves chef chefs loaf loaves cliff cliffs self selves shelf shelves The plural of some nouns ending in f can be thief thieves spelt using either variation. wolf wolves For some nouns ending in ife, change the f to For common nouns that end with consonant a v and then add -s + y, change the y to an i and then add -es Singular Plural Singular Plural wife wives party parties life lives fly flies knife knives penny pennies Some nouns are the same in both singular For some nouns, change other letters or just and plural from change the word completely! Singular Plural Singular Plural fish fish person people sheep sheep child children deer deer ox oxen tuna tuna foot feet salmon salmon tooth teeth mouse mice man men