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Plurals
Forming Regular Plurals
Word Ending
Rule
Examples
-s, -ss, -x, -z, -zz, -sh,
-ch
Add –es
Circus-circuses
Dress-dresses
Tax-taxes
Wish-wishes
-o preceded by a
consonant
Add –es
Echo-echoes
(EXCEPTIONS
musical terms)
-o preceded by a
vowel
Add –s
Patio-patios
-y preceded by a
consonant
Change y to I and add City-cities
-es
Forming Regular Plurals
Word Ending
Rule
Examples
-y preceded by
a vowel
-ff
Add –s
Key-keys
Add –s
Staff-staffs
-fe
Change f to v
and add –es
-f
Add –s OR
Change f to v
and add -es
Wife-wives
Knife-knives
Proof-proofs
Leaf-leaves
Wolf-wolves
Irregular Plurals
Singular Forms Ways of
Plural Forms
Forming Plurals
Ox
Add –en
Oxen
Child
Add –ren
Children
Tooth, mouse,
woman
Radius, focus,
alumnus
Change one or
more letters
Change –us to
–i
Teeth, mice,
women
Radii, foci,
alumni
Irregular Plurals
Singular Forms Ways of
Forming Plurals
Alumna
Change –a to –
ae
Crisis,
Change –is to –
emphasis
es
Medium, datum, Change –um to
curriculum
–a
Phenomenon, Change –on to
criterion
–a
Plural Forms
Alumnae
Crises,
emphases
Media, data,
curricula
Phenomena,
criteria
Irregular Plurals
Singular Forms Ways of
Plural Forms
Forming Plurals
Deer, sheep
Plural form
Deer, sheep
same as
singular
Plural form only Scissors, slacks
Plurals
1. church
2. check
3. bush
4. fox
5. dog
6. wagon
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7. letter
8. radio
9. train
10. creek
11. glove
12. chick
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13. man
14. knife
15. woman
16. child
17. dress
18. mouse
19. potato
20. crisis
21. tomato
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22. baby
23. fireman
24. thief
25. ox
26. sheep
27. loaf
28. mystery
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29. wife
30. lily
31. apple
32. inch
33. echo
34. goose
35. worry
36. piano
37. grocery
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38. day ______________________
39. candy _______________________
40. radius ______________________
41. Alumna ____________________
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