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a cliff – cliffs
a chief – chiefs
a chef – chefs
When words end in –f/-fe, change the –f/-fe to a one leaf – leaves
4. a roof – roofs
‘v’ before adding –es. a wife - wives
a giraffe – giraffes
a handkerchief –
handkerchiefs
a piano – pianos
a radio – radios
a tomato - some a photo – photos
If a noun ends in an –o, add –es to form the tomatoes a video – videos
5.
plural. a potato – three a kilo – kilos
potatoes a zoo – zoos
a kangaroo -
kangaroos
1 foot 2 feet
Irregular plurals: 1 tooth 2 teeth
1goose 2 geese
6.1 There are some nouns that do not take –s 1 man 2men
or –es. They form their plurals differently. 1 woman 2 women
1 child 2 children
1 person 2 people
1 mouse – mice
6.
6.2 Some nouns have the same singular and a fish – many fish
plural form. a sheep – 5 sheep
a deer – some deer
a criterion – criteria
6.3 Some nouns that English has borrowed
a phenomenon –
from other languages have foreign plurals.
phenomena
a datum – data