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    1. There are three main ways to form regular plurals in English: adding -s, -es, or -ies depending on how the singular noun ends. 2. Some nouns have irregular plural forms that do not follow typical patterns, such as man/men, goose/geese, and child/children. 3. A small number of nouns have identical singular and plural forms, such as fish, sheep, and series.

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    1. There are three main ways to form regular plurals in English: adding -s, -es, or -ies depending on how the singular noun ends. 2. Some nouns have irregular plural forms that do not follow typical patterns, such as man/men, goose/geese, and child/children. 3. A small number of nouns have identical singular and plural forms, such as fish, sheep, and series.

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    P LURAL of NOUNS

    Regular Plural Forms

    1. Regular nouns: singular NOUN + -s


    Sg. Pl.
    book books

    2. Nouns ending with ch, x, s, sh, o: singular NOUN + -es


    Sg. Pl.
    beach beaches
    box boxes
    class classes
    brush brushes
    hero heroes

    3. Nouns ending with y if a consonant is written before: singular NOUN + -ies


    Sg. Pl.
    story stories
    strawberry strawberries

    ! If we have a vowel before y: singular NOUN + -s


    boy – boys / toy - toys / ray - rays

    3. Some nouns ending with f, fe, lf: plurel ending in -ves


    Sg. Pl.
    wolf wolves
    wife wives
    life lives

    ! Exceptions:
    cliff - cliffs chief - chiefs safe - safes handkerchief- handkerchiefs

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    Irregular Plural Forms

    man - men woman - women


    goose - geese ox - oxen
    foot - feet mouse - mice
    person - people tooth - teeth
    louse - lice child - children

    Special Plural Forms


    For some nouns the plural form is identical to the singular form:

    bison - bison deer - deer


    fish - fish moose - moose
    series – series species - species
    sheep - sheep offspring - offspring

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