Form regular plurals with -s, -es and -ies
Key Notes:
🌟 Forming Regular Plurals 🌟
| Add -s 👟 |
👉 Most nouns just need -s to make them plural.
✅ Example:
- cat 🐈 → cats 🐱🐱
- book 📖 → books 📚
| Add -es 🚀 |
👉 If a word ends in s, sh, ch, x, or z, add -es.
✅ Example:
- bus 🚍 → buses 🚌🚌
- brush 🪥 → brushes
- box 📦 → boxes
| Change -y to -ies 🐦 |
👉 If a word ends in a consonant + y, change y → ies.
✅ Example:
- baby 👶 → babies 👶👶
- lady 👩 → ladies 👩👩👧
💡 BUT! If the word ends in a vowel + y, just add -s.
- toy 🧸 → toys
- key 🔑 → keys
| ✨ Quick Tricks 🎯 |
- 🐕 Dog → Dogs (just add -s)
- 🦆 Fox → Foxes (add -es)
- 🦋 Butterfly → Butterflies (change -y to -ies)
| 🎨 Memory Tip 🧠 |
- 🔹 S is simple ➡️ most words.
- 🔹 ES is extra ➡️ when it ends in s, sh, ch, x, z.
- 🔹 IES is tricky ➡️ when it ends in consonant + y.
Let’s practice!✒️
