To make regular plurals, add -s
Car |
cars |
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Hand |
hands |
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Girl |
girls |
If the noun ends in -s, -sh, -ch or -x, add -es
Bus |
buses |
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Dish |
dishes |
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Match |
matches |
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Box |
boxes |
If the noun ends in a consonant +y, the -y changes to -ies
Baby |
babies |
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Family |
families |
If the noun ends in a vowel +o, add -s
Zoo |
zoos |
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Radio |
radios |
A few nouns that end in -o, add -es
Tomato |
tomatoes |
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Potato |
potatoes |
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Hero |
heroes |
But
Holiday |
holidays |
Because holiday ends in a a+y. A
is a vowel not a consonant.
Irregular plurals
Person |
people |
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Child |
children |
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Man |
men |
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Woman |
women |
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Wife |
wives |
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Knife |
knives |
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Foot |
feet |
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Tooth |
teeth |
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Sheep |
sheep |