Plural Noun Rules Part Two Rule: words that end in -y Rule: words that end in -f or –fe

Review: Plural Nouns A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing. Most words add ‘s’ to make the plural. girls desserts This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

Words Ending in –y: part 1 When the letter before a ‘y’ is a consonant change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ before adding an ‘es’ one baby two babies Other Examples city → cities berry → berries pony → ponies family → families reply → replies lady → ladies

Try these… daisy → ferry → army → party → fly→ daisies diary → cherry→ belly → jelly → lily → diaries ferries cherries armies bellies parties jellies flies lilies

Words Ending in –y: part 2 When words end a vowel, then ‘y’ just add an ‘s’. For example: ‘ay’, ‘ey’, ‘iy’, ’oy’, and ‘uy’ add an ‘s’ to make the plural. one donkey two donkeys day → days boy → boys key → keys delay → delays play → plays guy → guys

Try these… quay → valley → tray → pulley → toy→ quays monkey→ trolley→ buoy → relay → holiday → monkeys valleys trolleys trays buoys pulleys relays toys holidays

Words Ending in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ When words end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ change the ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to a ‘v’ before adding ‘es’. one knife two knives leaf → leaves life → lives half → halves hoof → hooves wife → wives thief → thieves

Try these wolf → wolves elf → loaf → elves self → loaves calf → shelf → Exceptions → cliffs, chiefs, roofs, dwarfs and handkerchiefs. wolves elves loaves selves calves shelves

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