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The Noun

The plural of the noun

1. + -s dog-dogs, cat-cats, rose-roses

2. + -es (ch,sh,s,ss,x) bench-benches, dress-dresses, box-boxes

3. –f/-fe - -ves wolf-wolves, wife-wives

NOTE: chiefs, roofs, cliffs, beliefs, gulfs, dwarfs/dwarves, handkerchiefs, safes/saves, hoofs/hooves, proofs, reefs,

griefs, scarfs/scarves

4. o- cons -oes potato-potatoes

NOTE: vowel+o (radios)

double o (zoos)

abbreviations (photos)

musical instruments (pianos)

proper nouns (Eskimos)

5. consonant +y- -ies fly-flies

vowel + y - -s day-days, boy-boys

6. IRREGULAR NOUNS:

child-children deer-deer

man-men swine-swine

woman-women sheep-sheep

goose-geese means-means

tooth-teeth species-species

mouse-mice aircraft-aircraft

ox-oxen

foot-feet