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    The document discusses rules for forming plurals of nouns in English. It explains that most nouns form their plural by adding -s, but there are exceptions for nouns ending in certain letters like s, x, z, ch, sh which add -es instead. Nouns ending in y or f sometimes undergo other changes like replacing the y with ie or changing f to v before adding -s or -es. There are also irregular plurals not following these rules like mouse/mice and foot/feet. The document provides numerous examples to illustrate the different plural formation rules.

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    The document discusses rules for forming plurals of nouns in English. It explains that most nouns form their plural by adding -s, but there are exceptions for nouns ending in certain letters like s, x, z, ch, sh which add -es instead. Nouns ending in y or f sometimes undergo other changes like replacing the y with ie or changing f to v before adding -s or -es. There are also irregular plurals not following these rules like mouse/mice and foot/feet. The document provides numerous examples to illustrate the different plural formation rules.

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    Irregular Plurals

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    The document discusses rules for forming plurals of nouns in English. It explains that most nouns form their plural by adding -s, but there are exceptions for nouns ending in certain letters like s, x, z, ch, sh which add -es instead. Nouns ending in y or f sometimes undergo other changes like replacing the y with ie or changing f to v before adding -s or -es. There are also irregular plurals not following these rules like mouse/mice and foot/feet. The document provides numerous examples to illustrate the different plural formation rules.

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    Irregular Plurals

    Form most nouns add s


    book - books
    idea - ideas
    student - students
    camera - cameras
    shoe - shoes

    For nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, or sh,
    add es.
    tax taxes
    class - classes
    wish wishes
    branch - branches
    boss bosses
    fox foxes

    For nouns ending in y preceded by a
    consonant, change the y to ie and add s.
    country countries
    baby - babies
    pony ponies
    family - families
    For nouns ending in y preceded by a
    vowel by adding s.
    tray trays
    monkey - monkeys
    Some nouns ending in f or fe add s. For
    others change the f or fe to v and add es.
    thief thieves
    belief believes
    half - halves


    For nouns ending in o preceded by a
    vowel add s.
    decoy decoys
    alley - alleys

    The plural of many nouns ending in o preceded
    by a consonant is formed by adding es.
    hero heroes
    tomato tomatoes
    The plural of a few nouns is formed in
    irregular ways.
    mouse mice
    foot feet
    goose geese
    mother-in-law mothers-in-law
    drive-in drive-ins
    deer deer
    fish - fish

    For plurals of numerals, dates, signs, and
    words referred to as words by adding s.
    1900 1900s
    A As



    US -> I

    SINGULAR PLURAL
    alumnus alumni
    cactus cacti
    focus foci/focuses
    fungus fungi/funguses
    nucleus nuclei
    radius radii
    stimulus stimuli

    IS ->ES
    SINGULAR PLURAL
    axis axes
    analysis analyses
    basis bases
    crisis crises
    diagnosis diagnoses
    ellipsis ellipses
    hypothesis hypotheses
    oasis oases
    paralysis paralyses
    parenthesis parentheses
    synthesis syntheses
    synopsis synopses
    thesis theses

    IX ->ICES
    SINGULAR PLURAL
    appendix appendices
    index indeces/indexes
    matrix matrices/matrixes

    child children
    man men
    ox oxen
    woman women
    SINGULAR PLURAL
    bacterium bacteria
    corpus corpora
    criterion criteria
    curriculum curricula
    datum data
    genus genera
    medium media
    memorandum memoranda
    phenomenon phenomena
    stratum strata
    deer deer
    fish fish
    means means
    series series
    sheep sheep
    species species
    A->AE
    SINGULAR PLURAL
    antenna antennae/antennas
    formula formulae/formulas
    nebula nebulae
    vertebra vertebrae
    vita vitae
    Directions: Spell the plural form of
    each of the following nouns.
    1. monkey
    2. trophy
    3. diary
    4. hoof
    5. basketball
    6. Japanese
    7. son-in-law
    8. sit-up
    Directions: Spell the plural form of
    each of the following nouns.
    1. monkeys
    2. trophies
    3. diaries
    4. hooves
    5. basketballs
    6. Japanese
    7. sons-in-law
    8. sit-ups

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