Plural – regular cases

• To form the plural in English, you add and -s to the noun.

• E.g.:
• One cat – two cats
• One hat – two hats
• One boy – two boys
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• If a noun ends in -s, -x, -ch or -sh, you add -es to form the plural.

• E.g.:
• One bus – two buses
• One box – two boxes
• One watch – two watches
• One wish – two wishes
Plural – regular cases
• Sometimes, when a noun ends in -o, you also add -es to it.

• E.g.:
• One hero – two heroes One radio – two radios
• One tomato – two tomatoes One video – two videos
• One potato – two potatoes One photo – two photos
Plural – regular cases
• If a noun ends in -f or -fe, you replace them for -ves.

• E.g.:
• One leaf – two leaves
• One knife – two knives
Plural – regular cases
• If a noun ends in a consonant followed by an -y, you replace the -y for
-ies.

• E.g.:
• One baby – two babies
• One secretary – two secretaries
Plural – irregular cases
• Some nouns have their own way of forming the plural.

• E.g.:
• One man – two men
• One woman – two women
• One child – two children
Plural – irregular cases
• In some nouns, the plural is exactly the same as the singular.

• E.g.:
• One sheep – two sheep
• One deer – two deer