Rules for Forming Plural Nouns To form the plural of nouns, follow the rules below. Add s to most nouns. girl/girls bicycle/bicycles printer/printers Add es to nouns ending is s, x, z, ch, or sh. class/classes ax/axes buzz/buzzes church/churches wish/wishes For nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant, change y to i and add es. fly/flies party/parties daisy/daisies For nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel, add s. monkey/monkeys valley/valleys For nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant, add es. hero/heroes potato/potatoes For nouns ending in o preceded by a vowel, add s. Oreo/Oreos radio/radios patio/patios For musical terms ending in o, add s. solo/solos alto/altos piano/pianos For nouns ending in f or fe, usually change the f or fe to ves. leaf/leaves shelf/shelves wolf/wolves Exceptions: chief/chiefs chef/chefs safe/safes Add s to the end of singular nouns ending in ful. cupful/cupfuls spoonful/spoonfuls Change the spelling of some words. cactus/cacti mouse/mice goose/geese woman/women Leave some nouns as they are. sheep/sheep deer/deer fish/fish moose/moose Add s to the most important noun in a hyphenated word. editor-in-chief/editors-in-chief brother-in-law/brothers-in-law Add s to proper nouns which do not end in s. Add es to proper nouns which do end in s. Mr. and Mrs. Walker/the Walkers Mr. and Mrs. Ross/the Rosses
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:47:58 +0000
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