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Forming Plurals                                                                          Singular               Plurals


     Rule 4                                                                                   Donkey                 Donkeys


     Nouns that ends with vowel + y, we add ‘s’                                               toy                    toys

     Rule 5                                                                                   Knife                  Knives

     Nouns ending in f, fe, , we drop f, fe and add- ves                                      calf                   calves





     Rule 6                                                                                   Tomato                 Tomatoes

     Noun that ends in consonant + o , we add –es                                             Potato                 Potatoes

                                                                                              Hero                   Heroes







     Noun that ends in vowel + o, we add -s                                                   Radio                  Radios

                                                                                              Video                  Videos

                                                                                              kangaroo               kangaroos


     Rule 7                                                                                   Deer                   Deer

     Some nouns do not change in plural.                                                      Fish                   Fish

                                                                                              sheep                  sheep


     Irregular nouns                                                                          Woman                  Women

     They do not follow any rules.                                                            Man                    Men

                                                                                              foot                   feet
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