2. Add 'es' after a noun ends with 's', 'sh', 'ch', 'x', 'z'
SINGULAR |
PLURAL |
| Bench Brush Church Inch Dish Glass Loss Class Match Quiz Box Tax Bus Gas
| Benches Brushes Churches Inches Dishes Glasses Losses Classes Matches Quizes Boxes Taxes Buses Gases
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3. Add 'ies' after a noun ends with 'y' followed by consonant :
SINGULAR |
PLURAL |
| City Duty Lady Story Baby Fly Trophy Country Family | Cities Duties Ladies Stories Babies Flies Trophies Countries Families |
4. Add 's' after a noun ends with 'y' followed by vowel :
SINGULAR |
PLURAL |
| Boy Day Journey Monkey Valley Donkey Key Ray Tray Toy
| Boys Days Journeys Monkeys Valleys Donkeys Keys Rays Trays Toys
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5. Add 'ves' after a noun ends with 'f' or 'fe' - remove 'f' or 'fe' and add 'ves' in their place :
SINGULAR |
PLURAL |
| Knife Life Shelf Thief Leaf Wife | Knives Lives Shelves Thieves Leaves Wives
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6. Add 'es' after a noun ends with 'o' followed by consonants :
SINGULAR |
PLURAL |
| Buffalo Hero Potato Tomato Volcano Mango Mosquito Zero | Buffaloes Heroes Potatoes Tomatoes Volcanoes Mangoes Masquitoes Zeroes
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7. Similar singular and plural nouns :
SINGULAR |
PLURAL |
| Deer Fish Pair Stone Dozen Sheep Score
| Deer Fish Pair Stone Dozen Sheep Score
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8. Changes in spelling while making plural :
SINGULAR |
PLURAL |
| Man Tooth Foot Mouse Woman Ox Child Goose
| Men Teeth Feet Mice Women Oxen Children Geese
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