PLURAL NOUNS

REGULAR NOUNS IRREGULAR NOUNSSINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL

Book Books Toy Toys Child ChildrenPotato Potatoes Box Boxes Man MenChurch Churches Bus Buses Woman WomenGlass Glasses Brush Brushes Tooth TeethBaby Babies Cherry Cherries Mouse MiceKnife Knives Wife Wives Sheep Sheep

To make a noun plural we add –s at the end of the word.Book/ Books Bag/Bags Girl/Girls

For nouns that end in –s , -x, -ss, -ch and –o we add –es.Glass/Glasses Bus/ Buses Potato/Potatoes

For nouns that end in –y and have a consonant before the –y, we leave out the -y and add –ies at the end of the word.Baby/Babies Cherry/Cherries

For nouns that end in –f or –fe we leave out the -f or -fe and add –ves at the end of the wordLeaf/Leaves Wife/Wives

Some nouns don´t have plurals that end in –s. Each of them has a different plural form. Sometimes the singular and the plural are the same.Child/Children Foot/Feet Fish/Fish