plural rules
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Plural Rules Part One
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Plural Rule 1
Most words add ‘s’ to make the plural.one apple two applesdesk → desks month → monthsbook → books train → trainspen → pens name → namesshop → shops friend → friendschair → chairs teacher →teachers
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Try these…
pencil →road →flower →girl →plant →
window →door →cake →banana →shoe →
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Plural Rule 2
Add ‘es’ to words ending in ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘x’ or ‘z’ to make the plural.
one box many boxes wish → wishes beach → beaches cross → crosseswaltz → waltzes bus → buses church → churches dish → dishes loss → losses fox → foxes bunch → bunches
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Try these…
watch →pitch →wax →class →gas →
glass →dress → bush →hutch →quiz → quizzes
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Plural Rule 3
When the letter before a ‘y’ is a consonant, change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ before adding an ‘es’.
one baby two babies
city → cities berry → berries pony → ponies family → families reply → replies lady → ladies
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Try these…
daisy →ferry →army →party →fly →
diary →cherry → belly →jelly →filly →
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Plural Rule 4
When words end in ‘ay’, ‘ey’, ‘iy’, ’oy’, and ‘uy’ add an ‘s’ to make the plural.
one donkey two donkeys
day → days boy → boys key → keys delay → delays play → plays guy → guys
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Try these
quay →valley →tray →pulley →toy →
monkey →trolley →buoy →relay →holiday →
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Plural Rule 5
When words end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ change the ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to a ‘v’ before adding ‘es’.
one knife two knives
leaf → leaves life → liveshalf → halves hoof → hooveswife → wives thief → thieves
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Try these
wolf →elf →loaf →self →calf →shelf →Exceptions → cliffs, chiefs, roofs, dwarfs
and handkerchiefs.
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Plural Rule 6
When a word ends in an ‘o’ and comes after a consonant, add ‘es’ to make the plural.
one tomato two tomatoes
cargo → cargoes mango → mangoes echo → echoes hero → heroes volcano →volcanoes torpedo→ torpedoes
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Try these
potato →avocado →mosquito →domino →buffalo →dingo →Exceptions → pianos, banjos, solos,
radios and Eskimos.
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Plural Rules 7
Sometimes a word may completely change its form when a plural is made.
one child two children
person →people goose → geeseman → men woman →
womencactus →cacti fungus → fungi
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Try these
tooth →dice →foot →
mouse →nucleus →criterion →
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Plural Rule 8
Sometimes a word may stay the same in both its singular and plural form.
one fish many fish
tuna → tuna trout → troutdeer → deer sheep → sheepmoose moose series → series
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Try these
aircraft →species →offspring →
salmon →bream →perch →
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Recap and Consolidation
The easiest way to learn how to spell a word is to practise! Practise! Practise!
Spelling rules are helpful but practice makes perfect.
Once you learn how to spell a word you will not forget how to spell it as long as you practise! Practise! Practice!
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