Jumbled Words: Unscramble the letters to guess a word or phrase.

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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