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Rule 4                                        Singular                                      Plural


                                                                                                 Mo
                                                                                                                 s
                                                                                                        nk
                                                                                                               y
                                                                                                            e
     A singular noun                               Monkey
     ending in  a vowel                            Toy                                           Toys
                                                                                                      y
                                                                                                 Bo
     and  then y makes                             Boy
                                                                                                        s
                                                                                                 da
                                                                                                        s
                                                                                                      y
     the plural  by adding  Day
     ‘s’



     Rule5                                                              Singular                        Plural



                                                                         Knife                          knives


     A singular noun ending  in-f, -fe                                  Life                            Lives


     , we drop ‘f’ or ‘fe’  and add –                                   Wife                            Wives

     ves to form the plural .                                           Calf                            Calves


                                                                                                              v
                                                                        Leaf
                                                                                                        lea
                                                                                                                 es



                       Exception to this rule 5-                           roof                      roofs


                                                                          chef                         chefs
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