Singular Nouns |
For Plurals |
Examples |
For regular nouns |
Add S at the end |
Cat – Cats
House – Houses |
Ends with s, ss, sh, ch, x, z |
Add es to the end |
Bus – Buses
Tax – Taxes |
Ends with s |
Add s with the es |
Gas –Gasses |
Ends with z |
Add z with the es |
Fez – Fezzes |
Ends with fe |
f is replaced with ve and add s at last or |
Wife – Wives
Wolf – Wolves
|
Ends with f |
Add s at the last.
|
Roof – Roofs
Chief – Chiefs |
Ends with y |
Add ies at the end |
City – Cities
Puppy – Puppies |
Ends with y |
Add s at the end |
Ray – Rays
Boy – Boys |
Ends with o |
Add es / os at the end |
Potato – Potatoes
Tomato – Tomatoes
Photo – Photos
Piano – Pianos |
Ends with us |
Us replaced with I in the ending |
Cactus – Cacti
Focus – Foci |
Ends with is |
Is replaced with es in the ending |
Ellipsis – Ellipses
Analysis – Analyses |
Ends with on |
on replaced with a in the ending |
Criterion – Criteria
Phenomenon – Phenomena |
Some nouns |
don’t change at all when pluralized. |
Series – Series
Sheep – Sheep |