Plural Rules

Question	Answer
Just add 's'	cup = cups door = doors phone = phones book = books
words that end in a hissing sound add 'es'	church = churches box = boxes miss = misses dish = dishes
words that end in 'f' or 'fe' replace the 'f' or 'fe' with 'ves'	leaf = leaves knife = knives wife = wives half = halves
words ending in 'consonant' + 'y' = change 'y' to 'ies'	lady = ladies family = families cry = cries story = stories
words ending in 'vowel' + 'y' just add 's'	key = keys trolley = trolleys boy = boys day = days
the word changes altogether	child = children woman = women man = men tooth = teeth mouse = mice
the word stays the same	fish = fish sheep = sheep scissors = scissors aircraft = aircraft
words ending in 'o'	potato = potatoes tomato = tomatoes zero = zeros motto = mottos
'latin' words ending in 'us' = change to 'i' 'a' = change to 'ae' 'um' = change to 'a' 'is' = change to 'es'	terminus = termini formula = formulae medium = media axis = axes
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	Created by Elaine Baskerville over 5 years ago