Form and use plurals: review

Key Notes:

Basic Rules for Forming Plurals:

  • Add -s: For most nouns, simply add -s to form the plural.
    • Example: cat → cats, book → books
  • Add -es: For nouns ending in -s, -x, -z, -sh, or -ch, add -es to form the plural.
    • Example: bus → buses, box → boxes, brush → brushes
  • Change -y to -ies: For nouns ending in a consonant followed by -y, change -y to -ies.
    • Example: baby → babies, city → cities
  • Add -s: For nouns ending in a vowel followed by -y, just add -s.
    • Example: toy → toys, day → days

Irregular Plurals:

  • Some nouns do not follow standard pluralization rules and have unique plural forms.
    • Example: man → men, woman → women, tooth → teeth, mouse → mice
  • Some nouns are the same in singular and plural forms.
    • Example: sheep → sheep, deer → deer

Plurals of Compound Words:

  • For compound nouns, usually add -s to the main noun in the compound.
    • Example: mother-in-law → mothers-in-law, passerby → passersby

Plural Forms of Abbreviations and Letters:

  • Add -s to form the plural of abbreviations and letters.
    • Example: CDs → CDs, A’s → A’s, p’s → p’s
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