Pluralization grammar worksheet

 Most nouns are created just by adding "s" to the singular

apple apples chicken chickens book books

 We add "es" to the nouns that end with "s, ss, x, z, ch, sh, o" to make them plural

box boxes witch witches bus buses

 We change "y" to "i" and add "es" to the nouns that end with "y" preceded by a
consonant

baby babies lady ladies ferry ferries

 If the word ends with "f" or "fe", we change "f" or "fe" to "ves" to make plurals

wolf wolves knife knives leaf leaves

wo wo
 Some common nouns have irregular plurals

child - children woman - women tooth - teeth fish - fish

person - people foot - feet mouse - mice ox - oxen
man - men goose - geese sheep - sheep deer - deer

EXERCISES:
person, live, house, sandwich, city, bus, boy, elf, woman, family, photo, box, shelf, party, child, phone, story,
church, knife, foot, sheep, housewife, dress, nurse, candy, toy, baby, shelf, tooth, dish, student, quiz, country,
fish, wife, goose, piano, lady, scarf, business, thief, mouse, virus, monkey, fox, activity
-s - es - ies - ves Irregular