Pluralizing Nouns: Some Special Cases
You know that most nouns become plural by adding an -s to the end: ----Singular: dog Plural: dog + s = dogs ----Singular: house Plural: house + s = houses ----Singular: Jim Plural: Jim + s = Jims There are some special cases, though. Singulars ending in -s, -sh, -ch, -x, or z need to have -es added: -----Singular: kiss Plural: kiss + es = kisses -----Singular: bus Plural: bus + es = buses -----Singular: bush Plural: bush + es = bushes -----Singular: wish Plural: wish + es = wishes -----Singular: watch Plural: watch + es = watches -----Singular: ditch Plural: ditch + es = ditches -----Singular: wax Plural: wax + es = boxes -----Singular: mix Plural: mix + es = mixes -----Singular: fuzz Plural: fuzz + es = fuzzes -----Singular: buzz Plural: buzz + es = buzzes Singulars ending in a consonant followed by a y go through a special change: drop the y and add ies. -----Singular: city Plural: city - y + ies = cities -----Singular: ferry Plural: ferry - y + ies = ferries Most singulars ending in -o need -es added to them: -----Singular: tomato Plural: tomatoes -----Singular: volcano Plural: volcanoes In some cases, you just add -s to nouns ending in o: -----Singular: radio Plural: radio + s = radios Directions: Turn each of the singular nouns below into a plural by turning the jumbled letters into their proper spelling.
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