Plural Nouns

 In English, plural means “more than one.”Most nouns have a plural form that we use when talking about two or more people, animals, or things.

1. Add -s (most common)

book  / books

car  / cars

dog  / dogs

2. Add -es (for words ending in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o)

1. bus / buses
2. box  / boxes
3. potato / potatoes
4. church  /  churches

3. Change -y to -ies (when a consonant + y)

baby   /  babies

lady   /  ladies

(but if a vowel + y, just add -s)

boy   /  boys

key   /  keys

4. Change -f or -fe to -ves

• leaf /leaves

• wolf /wolves

• knife /knives
  (but some just add -s: roof / roofs)

5. Irregular plurals

Some words don’t follow the rules:

• man /men

• woman /women

• child /children

• foot /feet

• tooth /teeth

• mouse / mice

• person /people

• goose / geese

• tooth / teeth

• wife / wives

6. Same singular and plural

Some nouns don’t change:

• sheep /sheep

• fish /fish

• deer /deer

Practice

I. Complete the sentences with the plural form

1. I have three __________ (dog).
2. The teacher gave us two __________ (book).
3. There are many __________ (car) in the parking lot.
4. She bought some __________ (apple) at the market.
5. My dad has four __________ (hat).
6. The zoo has ten __________ (lion).
7. I see two __________ (star) in the sky.
8. We need more __________ (chair) for the party.
9. He collected five __________ (coin).
10. The garden has many colorful __________ (flower).

II. Complete the sentences with the correct irregular plural form

1. There are two __________ (man) in the room.

2. The __________ (child) are playing in the garden.

3. I brushed my __________ (tooth) this morning.

4. Five __________ (woman) are waiting at the bus stop.

5. Look! Three __________ (mouse) are running in the kitchen.

6. The farmer has many __________ (goose) near the pond.

7. I bought new __________ (foot) balls for the team.

8. The __________ (person) in the class are very friendly.

9. In the story, the __________ (man) had long __________ (knife).
   

10. Today 2 _________ (wife) will get married in that church. 

III. Make sentences with the following plural nouns.