Friday, January 29, 2016

NOUN-Plural of Nouns




Plural of Nouns
Regular nouns form their plural by adding an (s):
A boy into boys
A girl into girls
An elephant into elephants
When regular nouns end in:
(o) a tomato into tomatoes
(s) a bus into buses
(sh) a paintbrush into paintbrushes
(ss) a glass into glasses
(ch)a watch into watches
(x) a fox into foxes
(z)a quiz into quizzes
(y)a family into families
(f)a wolf into wolves
Exception :
Foreign words ending in(o) we add (s).
e.g: a kilo into kilos, a radio into radios, a piano into pianos.

Note:
But some noun ending in (f) or (fe) take only (s)
Roof into roofs

Irregular Plurals
A man = men
A woman=women
A child=children
A person=people
A mouse=mice
A foot=feet
A tooth=teeth
A goose=geese
A fish=fish
A sheep=sheep
An ox=oxen

References: Mr. Wong Videos

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