The plural of nouns
Spelling Rules
1) For most nouns we add –s
apple- apples
lamp- lamps
bear- bears
book- books
2)
For most nouns that end in ch, sh, s, x, o add - es
potato- potatoes
box- boxes
brush- brushes
glass- glasses
bus- buses
3)
For most nouns that end in a vowel and y add -s
boy- boys
day- days
key- keys
4) For most nouns that end in a consonant and y add - ies
strawberry- strawberries
city- cities
baby- babies
country- countries
spy- spies
5) For most nouns that end in f or fe ,f or fe becomes-ves
knife- knives
leaf- leaves
wife- wives
elf- elves
6)Irregular plural forms
mouse- mice
child- children
man- men
woman- women
foot- feet
tooth- teeth
goose-geese
fish- fish
sheep- sheep
deer-deer
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THE
PLURAL POEM
We'll begin with a box,
and the plural is boxes;
But the plural of ox should
be oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but
two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should
never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or
a nest full of mice,
But the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is
always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be
called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and
showed you my feet,
When I give you a boot,
would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and
a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be
called beeth?
If the singular is this,
and the plural is these,
Why shouldn't the plural of kiss be kese?
Then one may be that, and
three would be those,
Yet the plural of hat would
never be hose.
We speak of a brother and
also of brethren,
But though we say mother,
we never say methren.
So plurals in English, I think you'll agree,
Are indeed very tricky--singularly.
The English
Lesson (version two)
Now if mouse in the plural should be, and is, mice,
Then house in
the plural, of course, should be hice,
And grouse should
be grice and spouse should
be spice
And by the same token should blouse become blice.
And consider the goose with its plural of geese;
Then a double caboose should be called a cabeese,
And noose should
be neese and moose should
be meese
And if mama's papoose should be twins, it's papeese.
Then if one thing is that, while some more is called those,
Then more than one hat, I assume, would be hose,
And gnat would
be gnose and pat would
be pose,
And likewise the plural of rat would be rose.
Now, let's try out some exercises.
Fill in the
missing nouns in the following poem about the Plural of Nouns. Choose from the
box below.
No wonder the
English language is so very difficult to learn.
I sometimes wonder how we manage to communicate at all!
We'll begin with a box and the
plural is ________.
But the plural of ox should be _______, not oxes.
The
one fowl is a goose but two are called _______,
Yet the plural of _________ should never be meese.
You
may found a lone mouse or a whole set of _______,
Yet the plural of house is _________ not hice.
If
the plural of man is always called __________,
Why shouldn't the plural of _________ be called pen?
If
I speak of a foot and you show me your________,
And I give you a _____, would a pair be called beet?
If
one is a tooth and a whole set are _________,
Why should not the plural of ____ be
called beeth?
Then
one may be that and three would be_______,
Yet ____________ in the plural wouldn't
be hose.
And the plural of cat is ___________ and not cose.
We
speak of a brother and also of ______________,
But though we say ________, we never say Methren,
Then
the masculine pronouns are he, his and _______,
But imagine the feminine ________, shis and shim,
So
English, I fancy you will all agree,
Is the funniest language you ever did see.
1.
Hat
2.
Booth
3.
Mother
4.
Cats
5.
Geese
6.
House
7.
Teeth
8.
She
9.
Mice
10.
Oxen
11. Him
12. Brethren
13. Boot
14.
Feet
15.Boxes
16.Men
17.Those
18.
Moose
19.Pan
Plural board game
Directions
1. Shuffle the cards and place face down.
2. Each player takes turns choosing a card. Check to see if the plural form of the word
is RIGHT or WRONG.
3. If the answer is wrong spell the correct form
of the word.
Example:
boyes is wrong. Spell is b-o-y-s
4. Check the key. If you are correct toss the penny.
Heads
= move 1 space.
Tails=
2 spaces
- If incorrect place the card on the
bottom of the of the pile and lose a turn.
1.
WRONG-
candies
2.
RIGHT-
keys
3.
WRONG-
deer
4.
RIGHT-
mice
5.
RIGHT-
houses
6.
RIGHT-
moose
7.
WRONG-
geese
8.
WRONG-
dogs
9.
RIGHT-
cities
10.
RIGHT-bushes
11.
WRONG-foxes
12.
RIGHT-brushes
13.
WRONG-
monkeys
14.
RIGHT-
horses
15.
RIGHT-
bananas
16.
WRONG-
books
17.
WRONG-
babies
18.
RIGHT-
pennies
19.
WRONG-
costumes
20.
WRONG-
witches
1.
SINGULAR:
candy
PLURAL:
candys
|
2.
SINGULAR:
key
PLURAL:
keys
|
3.
SINGULAR:
deer
PLURAL:
deers
|
4.
SINGULAR:
mouse
PLURAL:
mice
|
5.
SINGULAR:
house
PLURAL:
houses
|
6.
SINGULAR:
moose
PLURAL:
moose
|
7.
SINGULAR:
goose
PLURAL:
gooses
|
8.
SINGULAR:
dog
PLURAL:
doges
|
9.
SINGULAR:
bush
PLURAL:
bushes
|
10.
SINGULAR:
fox
PLURAL:
foxs
|
12.
SINGULAR:
brush
PLURAL:
brushes
|
13.
SINGULAR:
monkey
PLURAL:
monkies
|
14.
SINGULAR:
horse
PLURAL:
horses
|
15.
SINGULAR:
baby
PLURAL:
baby’s
|
16.
SINGULAR:
banana
PLURAL:
bananas
|
17.
SINGULAR:
book
PLURAL:
bookes
|
18.
SINGULAR:
penny
PLURAL:
pennies
|
19.
SINGULAR:
costume
PLURAL:
costumies
|
20.
SINGULAR:
witch
PLURAL:
witchs
|
21.
SINGULAR:
pumpkin
PLURAL:
pumpkins
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