PLURALS

1.REGULAR PLURAL: '-S'

simply adds a '-s'.

Examples:

phone      =phones

bird=birds           

car=cars

2. WORDS ENDING IN '-ES'

Nouns ending in '-ch', '-s', '-sh', '-x' and '-z' are added '-es'

Examples:

bench      =benches

Kiss=kisses       

Wish=wishes    

Box=boxes         

Quiz=quizzes

3.PLURAL RULE '-IES' (CONSONANT) + 'Y' ➜ '-IES'

If a noun ends in a consonant followed by the letter '-y' form the plural in'-ies'

Examples:

Lady=ladies       

Baby=babies

4. PLURAL OF (CONSONANT) + 'OR' ➜'-OES'

A few nouns ending in consonant + 'or' form their plural in '-es'.

Examples:

Potato=potatoes

Tomato=tomatoes

5.PLURALS IN '-F' OR '-FE' ➜ '-VES'

words ending in "-f" or "-fe" is replaced by "ves"

Examples:

Knife=knives     

Life=lives

Wife=wives        

Wolf=wolves

    6. IRREGULAR PLURALS