Plural Nouns For the plural form of most nouns, add s. Regul | BRAVO : Free Study Materials

Plural Nouns

For the plural form of most nouns, add s.

Regular Nouns

bottle – bottles

cup – cups

elephant - elephants

pencil – pencils

desk – desks

sticker – stickers

table - tables

truck - trucks

window – windows

Irregular Plurals

For nouns that end in ch, sh, x, s, z is or s sounds, add es.

box – boxes

cross - crosses

loss - losses

watch – watches

mass – masses

bus – buses

analysis - analyses

crisis - crises

thesis - theses

quiz - quizzes

For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es.

wolf – wolves

wife – wives

leaf – leaves

life – lives

thief - thieves

shelf - shelves

For nouns ending in o, change to oes.

echo – echoes

hero – heroes

tomato – tomatoes

But o change to os

auto - autos

kangaroo - kangaroos

kilo - kilos

memo - memos

photo - photos

piano - pianos

pimento - pimentos

pro - pros

radio – radios

solo - solos

soprano - sopranos

studio - studios

tattoo - tattoos

video - videos

zoo - zoos

Some nouns have different plural forms.

child – children

woman – women

man – men

mouse – mice

goose – geese

person - people
tooth - teeth

foot - feet

Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules.

baby – babies

toy – toys

kidney – kidneys

potato – potatoes

memo – memos

stereo – stereos

volcano - volcanoes

phenomenon - phenomena

A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.

sheep – sheep

deer – deer

series – series

species – species

fish - fish

More Irregular Plurals

criterion - criteria

phenomenon - phenomen

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