Making words plural

In a nutshell

Plural means that there is more than one person or thing, and you can create and identify them in different ways. 

Add 's' to form the plural

Add 's' at the end of a word to make it plural. This is by far the most common way to form the plural. 

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Add 'es' to form the plural

Add 'es' at the end of a word that originally ends with these letters 'ch', 'sh', 's', 'x' and 'z' in order to make it plural. 

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Plurals for words ending in 'y'

There are two different rules for words ending in 'y'.

Rule 1

Add an 's' if the letter before the 'y' is a vowel (a, e, i, o, u).

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Rule 2

If the letter before the y is a consonant, then remove the 'y' and add 'ies'.

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Additional rules for plural words

Add 's' or 'es' to Words ending in 'o' 

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Add 'ves' to words ending in 'f' or 'fe'

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Irregular plurals

Some words simply have irregular plurals that you have to learn.

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Some plurals don't change

Most of the words that don't change in the plural are animal names.

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• ​Fish
  
• Deer
• Sheep