Plural

Plural of noums

• You add "S" to most countable noums:
• Bed - beds
• Crime - crimes
• Boy - boys

Slide 2

• You take the "Y" and add "IES" to noums that are preceded by a consonant:
• Party - parties
• Comedy - comedies
• Mistery - misteries

Slide 3

• You add "ES" to noums that add in "S" , "CH", "SH", "X", "O", "Z":
• Bus - buses
• Church - churches
• Tomato - tomatoes

Slide 4

• take the "F" or "FE" of noums that end this way and add "VES":
• Thief - thieves
• Knife - knives

Slide 5

• Some exceptions:
• Safe - safes
• Belief - beliefs
• Roof - roofs
• Gulf - gulfs
• Chief - chiefs

But maybe you've noticed that ...

• You add only "S" to noums whose final "CH" ending sounds like "K"
• Stomach - stomachs
• Epoch - epochs
• Monarch - monarchs

Slide 7

• You add only "S" to noums ending in "O" preceded by a vowel or those ending in "O" that are musical terms taken from the Italian:
• Radio - radios
• Stereo - stereos
• Kangarroo - kangarroos
• Soprano - sopranos
• Piano - piano
• Solo - solos

Slide 8

• Irregular plurals:
• Child - children
• Foot - feet
• Tooth - teeth
• Goose - geese
• ox - oxen
• Mouse - mice
• Man - men
• Sheep - sheep
• Fish - fish
• Deer - deer
• Series - series
• Aircraft - aircraft