Regular Nouns Ends in VOWEL + Y

girl – girls boy – boys

bee – bees toy – toys
idea – ideas day – days
add -s shoe – shoes add -s tray – trays
apple – apples cowboy – cowboys
flower – flowers monkey – monkeys

Ends in -CH, -S, -SH,

Ends in CONSONANT + Y
-SS, -Z, -X, and -O
peach - peaches fly – flies
bus – buses city – cities
dish – dishes
drop the -y, baby – babies
add -es kiss – kisses
and add -ies lolly – lollies
quiz – quizzes
box – boxes party – parties
tomato – tomatoes country – countries

Ends in -F and -FE Irregular Nouns

leaf – leaves
knife – knives child – children woman – women
drop the life – lives foot – feet fish – fish
-f and -fe, loaf – loaves man – men goose – geese
and add -ves wolf – wolves tooth – teeth person – people
shelf – shelves mouse – mice cactus – cacti
calf - calves