Use regular plurals with -s, -es and -ies
Key Notes:
🌟 Using Regular Plurals 🌟
👦👧 Plural means more than one person, animal, place, or thing.
| Plurals with -s |
👉 For most words, just add -s to make them plural.
✨ Examples:
- 🐶 Dog → Dogs 🐕🐕
- 🏀 Ball → Balls 🏀🏀
- 📖 Book → Books 📚📚
| Plurals with -es |
👉 If a word ends in s, sh, ch, x, or z, add -es.
✨ Examples:
- 🚌 Bus → Buses 🚍🚍
- 🐟 Dish → Dishes 🍽️🍽️
- 🎶 Match → Matches 🏏🏏
- 🦊 Fox → Foxes 🦊🦊
| Plurals with -ies |
👉 If a word ends in a consonant + y, change the y → i and add -es.
✨ Examples:
- 👶 Baby → Babies 🍼🍼
- 🍒 Cherry → Cherries 🍒🍒
- 🐦 Lady → Ladies 💃💃
⚠️ BUT if a word ends in a vowel + y, just add -s.
✨ Examples:
- 🏐 Toy → Toys 🎲🎲
- ✏️ Key → Keys 🔑🔑
| 🎯 Quick Tips 📝 |
- ⭐ Most nouns → add -s
- ⭐ Ends in s, sh, ch, x, z → add -es
- ⭐ Ends in consonant + y → change y to i and add -es
| 🌈 Fun Practice 🌈 |
👉 Try to make these words plural:
- Cat 🐱
- Box 📦
- Baby 👶
- Toy 🧸
- Dish 🍽️
Let’s practice!✒️
