Plurals

[Ghazala]

Plural word forms are used to show that there is more than one of something
e.g. kitchens is the plural form of the word kitchen.

Rules to help spell plurals
Add an S
This is the most common way to make a plural e.g. bike- bikes.

Words ending in y

If there is a consonant before the y, change the y to i before adding es, e.g. lady- ladies.

If there is a vowel before the y, just add s, e.g. toy - toys.

(Vowel - The five vowels in the alphabet are a e i o u .
Consonants - All the other letters in the alphabet that are not vowels are called consonants).

Words ending in x, sh, ch or s
For words ending in x, sh, ch or s add es, e.g. church = churches.

Words ending in f or fe
For most of these words, change the f or fe to v before adding es, e.g. leaf - leaves.

Watch out for the words that don't fit this rule, e.g. chief - chiefs (Anisa & Nads' fave word ). To help work out the exceptions to the rule listen for the change in the sound when you say the word.

some exceptions: roof = roofs, chief = chiefs, belief = beliefs, chef = chefs, cafe = cafes, handkerchief = handkerchiefs, safe = safes.

Irregular plurals
Irregular plurals are plural word forms that don't follow any of the plural rules! .e.g.

Singular - Plural
man - men
woman - women
child - children
foot - feet
tooth - teeth
mouse - mice
deer - deer
sheep - sheep
ox - oxen
fish - fish or fishes

[HOUDA-K]

And there I was thinking, you were going to refer to the Arabic plural patterns

[Ghazala]

Salam Houda
I could post them but I thought that as this is an English language site it would be best if, those who need to, learnt these first