Interactive english plurals. 2

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With nouns ending in a
consonant and –y, the –y
goes and we add –ies.
To make the plural we usually
add –s to the noun.
book books pen pens
With nouns ending in –s, -sh,
-ch, -x or –o, we add the
suffix –es.
class classes
box boxes
arch arches
tomato tomatoes
country countries
baby babies
With nouns ending in
–f or –fe, the –f or
–fe goes and we add
–ves.
knife knives
leaf leaves

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Irregular nouns do not
follow the rules above.
We make their plurals in
various ways.
child children
foot feet
mouse mice
fish fish
person people
sheep sheep

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WOLFES
WOLVES
WOLFESES

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TOMATOES
TOMATOS
TOMATOSES

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BABYES
BABYS
BABIES

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BUSIES
BUSES
BUSS

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FOOTIES
FOOTS
FEET

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FOXES
FOXS
FOXIES

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MOUSIES
MICE
MOUSES

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TOOTHES
TOOTHS
TEETH

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CHILDREN
CHILDS
CHILDES

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BRUSHS
BRUSHES
BRUSHIES

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POLICEMANES
POLICEMANS
POLICEMEN
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