Mastering Plural Rules: Practical Tips for Crafting Plurals Easily
Enhance your knowledge of plural rules through a comprehensive guide by Brian Carruthers. Explore strategies for forming plurals using common suffixes and exceptions, accompanied by engaging examples. Boost your grammar skills effortlessly with this resource.
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Plural Rules Part One By Brian Carruthers
Plural Rule 1 Most words add s to make the plural. one apple desk desks book books pen pens shop shops chair chairs two apples month months train name names friend friends teacher teachers trains
Try these pencil road flower girl plant window door cake banana shoe
Plural Rule 2 Add es to words ending in ch , sh , s , ss , x or z to make the plural. one box many boxes wish wishes beach cross crosses waltz bus buses church churches dish dishes loss fox foxes bunch bunches beaches waltzes losses
Try these quiz pitch wax class gas glass dress bush hutch watch
Plural Rule 3 When the letter before a y is a consonant, change the y to an i before adding an es . one baby two babies city pony ponies reply replies cities berries families ladies berry family lady
Try these daisy ferry army party fly diary cherry belly jelly filly
Plural Rule 4 When words end in ay , ey , iy , oy , and uy add an s to make the plural. one donkey two donkeys day key play days keys plays boys delays guys boy delay guy
Try these quay valley tray pulley toy monkey trolley buoy relay holiday
Plural Rule 5 When words end in f or fe change the f or fe to a v before adding es . one knife two knives leaf leaves half halves wife wives lives hooves thieves life hoof thief
Try these wolf elf loaf self calf shelf Exceptions cliffs, chiefs, roofs, dwarfs and handkerchiefs.
Plural Rule 6 When a word ends in an o and comes after a consonant, add es to make the plural. one tomato two tomatoes cargo cargoes echo echoes volcano volcanoes torpedo torpedoes mango mangoes hero heroes
Try these potato avocado mosquito domino buffalo dingo Exceptions pianos, banjos, solos, radios and Eskimos.
Plural Rules 7 Sometimes a word may completely change its form when a plural is made. one child two children person people goose geese man men cactus cacti woman women fungus fungi
Try these mouse nucleus criterion tooth dice foot
Plural Rule 8 Sometimes a word may stay the same in both its singular and plural form. one fish many fish tuna tuna deer deer moose moose trout trout sheep sheep series series
Try these aircraft species offspring salmon bream perch
Recap and Consolidation The easiest way to learn how to spell a word is to practice! Practice! Practice! Spelling rules are helpful but practice makes perfect. Once you learn how to spell a word you will not forget how to spell it as long as you practice! Practice! Practice!
