Plural Nouns

Plural means more than one

Usually you just add an s if something is plural (if there is more than one.)

one cow two cowsone chicken two chickensone boy two boysone girl two girls

Singular Plural

Add es if the word ends in s, sh, ch, x, or z

Singular Plural

bus buseschurch churcheswish wishesbox boxes

If a noun ends in a consonant and a y, change the y to i and add es

bunny bunniesstory storiescherry cherries

If it ends in a vowel and y, just add s

a, e, i , o, u

monkey monkeysday daysplay plays

Irregular - not regular

These are nouns that do not follow the rules:

Singular Pluralmouse micegoose geeseox oxentooth teethchild woman women men

These nouns stay the same when they are plural:

sheepfish

moosedeer

If a singular noun ends in an f or fe, change the f to ves to make it plural.

wolf - wolvesknife - kniveslife - liveswife - wivescalf - calvesshelf -

Choose the correct plural form of the noun

dog -- dogs or dogeschurch-- churchs or churchesbaby-- babys or babiesmonkey--monkeys or monkiessheep -- sheep or sheepschild--childs or children

s sss eses es

eses es

Make the words below plural by adding s or es.

wish

cat

desk

couch

cup

bus

lunch

bug

tape

bush

s

Possessive Nouns

Add 's to show ownership (singular)

add ' if the word is plural and already has an s

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