Singular and plural

Singular and Plural Nouns

This table shows how to change Singular nouns into Plural nouns

Type of Noun	Plural Form	Examples
Most nouns	By adding -s to  the word	Hen-hen,tree-trees,bag-dags
Nouns ending in a consonant and-y	By replacing –y with –I and adding –es to the word	Butterfly – butterflirs, army – armies baby - badies
Nouns ending in a vowel and -y	By adding –s to the word	Monkey – monkey, day – days,toy - toys
Nouns ending in -o	By adding –s or -es	Video-
Nouns ending in -sh, -ch, -x,-s,-ss	By adding -es	Box – boxes, brush – brushes, stitch-stitches
Nouns ending in –f or -fe	By changing the –f or –fe to –v and adding -es	Calf –calves, wof\lf – wolves, hoof - hooves
Compound nouns	By adding –s to the main word	Brother –in-law-brothers-in-law
Irregular nouns	No particular rule to change into plural form	Goose –geese, child – children,mouse-mice,man-men
Same form for singular and plural	No change to the word	Deer – deer dison -bison