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    This document discusses plural nouns in English and provides rules for forming plurals with suffixes like S, ES, IES, and VES. It notes that most nouns form the plural by adding S, while nouns ending in CH, SH, SS, X, or O, Z take ES. Nouns ending in a consonant plus Y change to IES. Nouns ending in F or FE take VES. The document also lists some irregular plurals and nouns that are the same in both singular and plural form.

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    This document discusses plural nouns in English and provides rules for forming plurals with suffixes like S, ES, IES, and VES. It notes that most nouns form the plural by adding S, while nouns ending in CH, SH, SS, X, or O, Z take ES. Nouns ending in a consonant plus Y change to IES. Nouns ending in F or FE take VES. The document also lists some irregular plurals and nouns that are the same in both singular and plural form.

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    This document discusses plural nouns in English and provides rules for forming plurals with suffixes like S, ES, IES, and VES. It notes that most nouns form the plural by adding S, while nouns ending in CH, SH, SS, X, or O, Z take ES. Nouns ending in a consonant plus Y change to IES. Nouns ending in F or FE take VES. The document also lists some irregular plurals and nouns that are the same in both singular and plural form.

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    Plural of

    nouns
    What is a noun?

    A noun is a person, an animal, or a thing.


    Man, woman, child, doctor, student, my mom
    (person).
    Lion, eagle, snake, dolphin, whale, spider
    (animal).
    Marker, pencil, watch, knife, window, ring (thing).
    2
    Plurals with S:

    In general, we add S to the noun:


    Boy → Boys
    Girl → Girls
    Cat → Cats
    Computer → Computers

    3
    Plurals with es:

    Nouns ending in ch – sh – ss – x – o, z, we add ES to the noun:


    Witch → Witches
    Roach → Roaches
    Brush → Brushes
    Mosquito → Mosquitoes
    Quiz → Quizes
    4
    Plurals with ies

    A noun ending in a consonant + y: we change Y to


    ies.
    Baby → Babies
    Butterfly → Butterflies
    Dictionary → Dictionaries

    5
    Plurals with ves

    A noun ending in f or fe: we change f to ves.


    Elf → Elves
    Wife → Wives
    Shelf → Shelves
    Wolf → Wolves

    6
    Irregular plurals
    Singular Plural
    Man Men
    Woman Women
    Child Children
    Person People
    Foot Feet
    Tooth Teeth
    Mouse Mice

    7
    Similar singular and
    plural

    Singular Plural
    Fish Fish
    Sheep Sheep
    Deer Deer
    Reindeer Reindeer

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