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Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular nouns refer to “only one” Plural nouns refer to “more than one”
Singular nouns can be changed to plural nouns by adding “s” or “es” Singular Plural boy boys car cars
Words that end with ss, ch, sh and x are pluralized by adding ‘es’ Singular Plural dress dresses watch watches brush brushes box boxes
Pluralizing nouns that end with Y If a vowel ( a, e , i ,o or u) is before the y then add s key — keys If a consonant is before the y, change the y to i and add es baby — babies city — cities puppy—puppies lady— ladies Pluralizing “f” or “fe” ending words
Pluralizing nouns that end with “f” and “fe” When a noun ends with f or fe the f or fe is changed to v and es is added to make it more than one.
shelf—shelves knife—knives
Pluralizing nouns that end with O Nouns that end with o are pluralized by adding es mango—mangoes tomato—tomatoes |
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