Plural nouns

1.     Most nouns add –s in the plural

book –books              student –students

2.     If the noun ends in –s, -sh, ch, add –es

bus- buses   church- churches  watch- watches

3.     If the noun ends in a consonant + y, the y changes to -ies.

country- countries                       party- parties

*But if the noun ends in a vowel + y, the y does not change.

boy- boys    day-days

4.     If the noun ends in f- ves

shelf-shelves           wife-wives               life-lives

5.     Some nouns are irregular.

child- children  (kids- informal word)

person- people      woman-women     man – men

tooth-teeth             foot-feet

           

6.     Invariable nouns

sheep-sheep

EXERCISE

Write the plural forms of the nouns

a.     car                       b. glass                     c. dictionary           d. woman

e. family                  f. address                g. key                                    h. person

i. sandwich             j. baby                       k. foot                       l. tooth

m. wife