2. Rule 1 – Regular Plurals - Add s. Examples: dog/dogs; cat/cats; house/houses Rule 2 - Nouns ending in s, ch, sh, x or z - Add es. Examples: church/churches; wish/wishes; class/classes; box/boxes Exceptions: When the ch sounds like a k, only add s. Examples: stomach/stomachs; monarch/monarchs

3. Rule 3 - Nouns ending in a vowel + y: - Add s. Examples: day/days; bay/bays Rule 4 - Nouns ending in a consonant + y: - Change the y to an i and add es. Examples: city/cities; lady/ladies; party/parties

4. Rule 5 - Nouns ending in a vowel + o: - Add s. Examples: radio/radios Rule 6 - Nouns ending in a consonant + o: - Add es. Examples: hero/heroes; tomato/tomatoes Exceptions: For all musical terms, simply add s. Examples: piano/pianos; concerto/concertos: cello/cellos; soprano/sopranos; tango/tangos

5. Rule 7 - Nouns ending in f or fe: - Change the f or fe to v and add es. Examples: life/lives; elf/elves; wife/wives; leaf/leaves Rule 8 – Certain Animal Plurals: - Use the same word for the plural. Examples: sheep, moose, deer Rule 9 – Always Plurals: - Some words are always plural. Examples: Binoculars; clothes; glasses; pants; pyjamas; scissors

6. Rule 10 - Irregular plurals: - Change the spelling or change the word. Examples: child/childrenman/menmouse/mice foot/feetdie/diceox/oxen goose/geesewoman/womentooth/teeth person/people

7. Let’s practice 1.chair 2.shelf 3.party 4.class 5.sheep 6.video 7.lunch 8.key 9.person 10.potato 1.chairs 2.shelves 3.parties 4.classes 5.sheep 6.videos 7.lunches 8.keys 9.people 10.potatoes Write the plural for each word. Write the rule number beside. 1 7 4 2 8 5 2 3 10 6