The Plural / Lesson

THE PLURAL



Singular + s

parrot – parrots apple – apples – girs



Words ending with y if a consonant is written before. (ies)



lolly – lollies story – stories strawberry – strawberies

But: boy – boys toy - toys bay - bays



Words ending with ch, x, s, sh, o -----> es



class – classes brush – brushes box – boxes



Some words ending with f, fe, lf -----> ves





knife – knives wolf – wolves life – lives

But: chiefs, safes, cliffs, handkerchiefs



Irregular forms



man - men woman - women tooth - teeth

goose - geese ox - oxen louse - lice

foot – feet mouse – mice child - children