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PLURALS

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Regular nouns: (-s)
* To make regular nouns plural, add ‑s to the end.

Examples:
cat – cats
dog - dogs
house – houses 

Regular nouns: (-es) "hissing sound"
* If the singular noun ends in ‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z, add ‑es to the end to make it plural.

Examples:
bus – buses
marsh – marshes
lunch – lunches
tax – taxes
blitz – blitzes






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Letter -y:
* If a singular noun ends in ‑y and the letter before the -y is a consonant (medeklinker), change the ending to ‑ies to make the noun plural.

Examples:
baby - babies
city – cities
puppy – puppies



Spelling (-y)
If the singular noun ends in -y and the letter before the -y is a vowel (klinker), simply add an -s to make it plural.

Examples:
ray – rays
play - plays
boy – boys
toy - toys

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Spelling change: (-f /-fe)
* If the noun ends with ‑f or ‑fe, the -f is often changed to ‑ve before adding the -s to form the plural version.
Examples:
life - lives
wife - wives
wolf - wolves

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Letter -o:
If the singular noun ends in ‑o, preceded by a consonant, add ‑es to make it plural.
Examples:
hero - heroes
potato – potatoes

tomato – tomatoes

Exceptions:
photo – photos
piano – pianos
halo – halos



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Irregular plurals 
child – children
goose – geese
man – men
woman – women
tooth – teeth
foot – feet
mouse – mice
person – people







ox - oxen
policeman - policemen
fish - fish 
spacecraft - spacecraft
louse – lice

Slide 6 - Slide

Plural of:
A
shoe
B
shoes
C
schoenen
D
shoos

Slide 7 - Quiz

Plural of: tax
A
taxs
B
taxen
C
tax's
D
taxes

Slide 8 - Quiz

Plural of:
A
puppies
B
puppy's
C
puppys
D
puppen

Slide 9 - Quiz

Plural of: hero
A
heroes
B
hero's
C
heros
D
held

Slide 10 - Quiz

Plural of:
A
sheeps
B
sheep
C
schapen
D
sheep's

Slide 11 - Quiz

Plural of:
A
knife's
B
knifes
C
knives
D
kniven

Slide 12 - Quiz

Plural of:
A
child's
B
childs
C
kinderen
D
children

Slide 13 - Quiz

Plural of: woman
A
womans
B
women
C
womanen
D
woman's

Slide 14 - Quiz

Plural of: mouse
A
mouses
B
mouse's
C
mousen
D
mice

Slide 15 - Quiz

Plural of: tooth
A
teeth
B
toothen
C
tooths
D
tooth's

Slide 16 - Quiz

Plural of: party
A
parties
B
partys
C
party's
D
partyes

Slide 17 - Quiz