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Plurals
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Forming Regular Plurals
Word Ending Rule Examples -s, -ss, -x, -z, -zz, -sh, -ch Add –es Circus-circuses Dress-dresses Tax-taxes Wish-wishes -o preceded by a consonant Echo-echoes (EXCEPTIONS musical terms) -o preceded by a vowel Add –s Patio-patios -y preceded by a consonant Change y to I and add -es City-cities
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Forming Regular Plurals
Word Ending Rule Examples -y preceded by a vowel Add –s Key-keys -ff Staff-staffs -fe Change f to v and add –es Wife-wives Knife-knives -f Add –s OR Change f to v and add -es Proof-proofs Leaf-leaves Wolf-wolves
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Irregular Plurals Singular Forms Ways of Forming Plurals Plural Forms
Ox Add –en Oxen Child Add –ren Children Tooth, mouse, woman Change one or more letters Teeth, mice, women Radius, focus, alumnus Change –us to –i Radii, foci, alumni
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Irregular Plurals Singular Forms Ways of Forming Plurals Plural Forms
Alumna Change –a to –ae Alumnae Crisis, emphasis Change –is to –es Crises, emphases Medium, datum, curriculum Change –um to –a Media, data, curricula Phenomenon, criterion Change –on to –a Phenomena, criteria
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Irregular Plurals Singular Forms Ways of Forming Plurals Plural Forms
Deer, sheep Plural form same as singular Plural form only Scissors, slacks
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Plurals 1. church __________________________
2. check __________________________ 3. bush __________________________ 4. fox __________________________ 5. dog __________________________ 6. wagon __________________________
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7. letter __________________________
8. radio __________________________ 9. train ______________________ 10. creek __________________________ 11. glove __________________________ 12. chick __________________________
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13. man __________________________
14. knife __________________________ 15. woman __________________________ 16. child __________________________ 17. dress __________________________ 18. mouse __________________________ 19. potato __________________________ 20. crisis __________________________ 21. tomato __________________________
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22. baby ___________________________
23. fireman ___________________________ 24. thief ___________________________ 25. ox ___________________________ 26. sheep ___________________________ 27. loaf ___________________________ 28. mystery ___________________________
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29. wife ___________________________
30. lily ___________________________ 31. apple ___________________________ 32. inch ___________________________ 33. echo ___________________________ 34. goose ___________________________ 35. worry ___________________________ 36. piano ___________________________ 37. grocery ___________________________
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38. day ______________________
39. candy _______________________ 40. radius ______________________ 41. Alumna ____________________ 42. datum ____________________
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