Form and use plurals: review

Key Notes:

🌈✨ Form and Use Plurals – Review ✨🌈

🔹 What are Plurals?

Plural means more than one 👥 of a noun.

Singular = one 🐱 | Plural = many 🐱🐱🐱

🔹 Rules for Forming Plurals

🟢 Rule 1: Add -s

👉 For most nouns, just add -s.

📌 Example:

• book → books 📚
• dog → dogs 🐶

🟢 Rule 2: Add -es

👉 If a word ends with s, sh, ch, x, or z, add -es.

📌 Example:

• bus → buses 🚌
• box → boxes 📦
• dish → dishes 🍽️

🟢 Rule 3: Change -y to -ies

👉 If a word ends with a consonant + y, change y → ies.

📌 Example:

• baby → babies 👶
• story → stories 📖

❗ If it ends with a vowel + y, just add -s.

• toy → toys 🧸

🟢 Rule 4: Change -f or -fe → -ves

📌 Example:

• leaf → leaves 🍃
• knife → knives 🔪

🟢 Rule 5: Irregular Plurals (special forms 🧩)

Some words change completely or stay the same.

📌 Examples:

• man → men 👨👨
• woman → women 👩👩
• child → children 🧒
• tooth → teeth 😁
• foot → feet 🦶
• mouse → mice 🐭
• sheep → sheep 🐑

🟢 Rule 6: Words from other languages 🌍

Some words keep their original plural forms.

📌 Examples:

• cactus → cacti 🌵
• fungus → fungi 🍄
• syllabus → syllabi 📑

🔹 Using Plurals in Sentences 📝

✔️ Singular: The cat is on the roof. 🐈
✔️ Plural: The cats are on the roofs. 🐈🐈

✔️ Singular: A child plays in the park. 🧒
✔️ Plural: Many children play in the park. 🧒🧒🧒

🌟 Quick Tips 🌟

• ✨ Always check the last letter of the noun.
• ✨ Learn common irregular plurals by heart. 🧠
• ✨ Practice with sentences to master usage. ✍️

Let’s practice!✒️