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“Rules for Making Plurals”
Learning Zone - Inglés
Rule # 1
Add an (s) to form the plural of most of
words.
Examples: book – books
bug – bugs
friend- friends
tutor – tutors
flower - flowers
Rule # 2
For words that end in (s, z, x, ch, sh, ss) add
(es) to form the plural.
Examples: quiz - quizzes
box - boxes
church –churches
bush – bushes
class – classes
Rule # 3
If the word ends in a vowel + (y)
[ay, ey, iy, oy, uy] add an (s) to the word.
Examples: tray – trays
key – keys
stay – stays
toy - toys
buy – buys
Rule # 4
If the word ends in a consonant + (y) change
the (y) into (i) and add (es) to form the
plural.
Examples: enemy – enemies
cherry – cherries
baby – babies
party – parties
dictionary - dictionaries
Rule # 5
For words that end in (f), drop the (f) change
it to (v) & add (es) for the plural. For
words that end in (fe), change the (f) to (v)
& ad (es) to form the plural.
Examples: wolf - wolves
wife - wives
knife – knives
self – selves
Rule # 6
For nouns that end in a consonant + (o) add
(es) to make the noun plural.
Examples: tomato – tomatoes
hero - heroes
potato – potatoes
volcano - volcanoes
Irregular Plurals
I. Some nouns change spelling in the plurals.
Singular
child
man
woman
foot
mouse
person
goose
Plural
children
men
women
feet
mice
people
geese
Irregular Plurals
II. Some nouns do not change in plural.
one deer – two deer
one sheep – three sheep
one fish – four fish
Irregular Plurals
c. Some nouns are always plural.
- scissors
- pajamas
- eyeglasses
- shorts
- clothes
- plants
Examples:
1.My pajamas.
2.Susan’s shorts.
3.Lilly likes plants.
Practice
Click the word that has the correct plural form.
1. party - parties - partys
2. shoes - shoeses - shoe
3. fox - foxs - foxes
4. gallery - galleries - gallerys
5. weeks - weekes - week
6. bus - buses - buseses
7. elves - elf - elfes
8. leaf - leaves - leafes
9. watches - watch - watchs
10. stereo - stereoses - stereos
11. month - months – monthes
12. witches – witch - witcheses
Bibliography
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http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAM
MAR/plurals.htm
Prepared by:
Cristabel R. Ocasio Ilarraza
 Nirazette L. González Abella
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