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    The document provides rules for making nouns plural in English. It lists common singular nouns and their plural forms to illustrate rules for nouns ending in letters like "s", "ch", "sh", "x", "ss", "o", "fe", and "y". It notes that most nouns become plural by adding "s" but there are exceptions that add "es", and some that become plural in other ways like changing "y" to "ies".

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    The document provides rules for making nouns plural in English. It lists common singular nouns and their plural forms to illustrate rules for nouns ending in letters like "s", "ch", "sh", "x", "ss", "o", "fe", and "y". It notes that most nouns become plural by adding "s" but there are exceptions that add "es", and some that become plural in other ways like changing "y" to "ies".

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    Plural Verbs

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    The document provides rules for making nouns plural in English. It lists common singular nouns and their plural forms to illustrate rules for nouns ending in letters like "s", "ch", "sh", "x", "ss", "o", "fe", and "y". It notes that most nouns become plural by adding "s" but there are exceptions that add "es", and some that become plural in other ways like changing "y" to "ies".

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    PLURAL NOUNS

    HERE ARE PLURAL NOUN ENDING WITH “S”

    1. Clip - clips
    2. Chief - chiefs
    3. Cat - cats
    4. Dog - dogs
    5. Call - calls
    6. Stranger - strangers
    7. Bee - bees
    8. Nose - noses
    9. Dish - dishes
    10. Kite - Kites
    11. Girl - girls
    12. Boy - boys
    13. Book - books
    14. Cow - cows
    15. Door - doors
    16. Flower - owers
    17 Horse - horses
    18. Table - tables
    19. Picture - pictures
    20. Pen - pens
    21. Desk - desks
    22. Day - days
    23. Worm - worms
    24. Desk - desks
    25. Month - months
    26. Train - trains
    27. Tree - trees
    28. Window - windows
    29. House - houses
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    30. Building - buildings
    31. Animal - Animals
    32. Husband - Husbands
    33. Map - Maps
    34. Visit - Visits
    35. Month - Months
    36. Day - Days
    37. Meal - Meals
    38. Egg - Eggs
    39. Book - Books
    40. Tool - Tools
    41. Hat- Hats
    42. Size - Sizes

    ——————————————————————————————

    MOST SINGULAR NOUNS THAT END WITH ‘CH’, ‘SH’, ‘X’, &
    ‘SS’ END WITH ‘ES’ FOR PLURAL NOUNS

    Singular nouns ending with ‘CH’

    1. Church - churches
    2. Bench - benches
    3. Witch - witches
    4. Witch - witches
    5. Watch - watches
    6. Lunch - lunches
    7. Peach - peaches
    8. Match - Matches
    9. Torch - Torches
    10. Inch - inches
    11. Batch - batches
    12. Beach - beaches
    13. Sketch - sketches
    14. ostrich - ostriches
    15. wrench - wrenches
    16. scratch - scratches
    17. sandwich - sandwiches
    18. Stich - Stiches

    Singular nouns ending with ‘sh’

    1. Brush - brushes
    2. Dish - dishes
    3. Wish - wishes
    4. Bush - bushes
    5. blush - blushes

    Singular nouns ending with ‘x’

    1. Fox - foxes
    2. Tax - taxes
    3. Mix - mixes
    4. Complex - complexes
    5. Box -boxes

    Singular nouns ending with ‘ss’

    1. Address - addresses
    2. Kiss - kisses
    3. Glass - glasses
    4. Class - classes
    5. Dress - Dresses
    6. Pass - passes
    8. Guess - guesses
    9. Cross - crosses

    —————————————————————————————
    WHILE MOST SINGULAR ‘O’ ENDING NOUNS END WITH ‘ES’
    FOR PLURAL, SOME END WITH ’S’

    Singular ‘O’ ending nouns that end with ‘es’ for plural

    1. Mango - mangoes
    2. Bu alo - bu aloes
    3. Potato - potatoes
    4. Mosquito - mosquitoes
    5. Hero - heroes
    6. Cargo - cargoes
    7. Volcano- volcanoes
    8. Tomato - tomatoes

    Singular ‘O’ ending nouns that end with ’S’ for plural

    1. Photo - photos
    2. Piano - pianos
    3. Halo - halos
    4. Bamboo - bamboos
    5. Commando- commandos
    6. Duo - duos
    7. Radio - radios
    8. Ratio - ratios
    9. Scenario - scenarios
    10. Shampoo- shampoos
    11. Solo - solos
    12. Stereo - stereos
    13. Studio - studios
    14. Tattoo - tattoos
    15. Trio - trios
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    16. Video - videos
    17. Zoo - zoos
    18. Zero - zeros

    MOST SINGULAR NOUNS WORDS THAT END WITH ‘FE’ or ‘F’


    END WITH “VES”

    1. Knife - knives
    2. Life - lives
    3. Wife - wives
    4. Calf - calves
    5. Leaf - leaves
    6. Half - halves
    7. Loaf - loaves
    8. Shelf - shelves
    9. Thief - thieves
    10. Wolf - wolves
    11. Scarf - scarves
    12. centre half - centre halves

    BUT THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS. THESE ‘F’


    ENDING SINGULAR NON WORDS END WITH ’S'

    1. Roof - roofs
    2. Belief - beliefs
    3. Chef - chefs
    4. Chief - chiefs
    5. Cliff - cli s
    f
    6. Gulv - gulfs
    7. Handcuff - handcu s
    8. Reef - reefs
    9. Safe - safes
    10. Sheriff - sheri s
    11. Handkerchief- handkerchiefs
    12. Dwarf - dwarfs
    13. Take off - take o s
    14. Play off- play o s
    15. Hoof - hoofs
    16. Lay off - lay o s

    ——————————————————————————————

    SINGULAR WORDS ENDING WITH ‘Y’ RULES:

    - If the letter before Y is a vowel, the word ends with ’S’


    - If the letter before Y is a consonant, the Y becomes ‘IES’

    1. Pony - ponies
    2. Butter y - butter ies
    3. Cherry - cherries
    4. Country - countries
    5. Boy - boys
    6. Journey - journeys
    7. Memory - memories
    8. Tray - trays
    9. Body - bodies
    10. Cry - cries
    11. Baby - babies
    12. Factory - factories
    f
    f
    f
    f
    f
    f
    f
    13. Trolley - trolleys
    14. Empty - empties
    15. Play - plays
    16. Story - stories
    17. Guy - guys
    18. Pastry - pastries

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