A/AN & PLURALS

PICTURES SINGULAR PLURAL RULE

general rule
a wallet wallets
add -s

a
after
hairbrus hairbrushes
- sh
h
- s
a bus buses - ch
a beach beaches - x
a box boxes add -es
after consonant + -y
a baby babies delete –y and add
-ies
a day days after
-ay
a key keys
-ey
a toy toys -oy
add -s
a shelf shelves after –f or –fe
delete –f or –fe and add -
a wife wives ves

EXCEPTIONS
SINGULA
PICTURE PLURAL
R
man men
woman women
child children
foot feet
tooth teeth
fish fish
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mouse mice
sheep sheep

PICTUR PICTUR
A AN
E E
use “a” when the use “an” when the
following word following word
RULE RULE
starts with a starts with a vowel
consonant sound. sound
a cell phone an energy bar
a table an egg
a hat an hour
a university an umbrella