Regular and Irregular

Plural Nouns!

Regular Plural Nouns

• Most nouns in English are made into plural nouns by adding an s to the singular form.

• If the noun ends with an s, ch, sh, or x, an es is added to make the noun plural.

Examples of Regular Plural Nouns

Cat Cats

Book Books

Examples of Regular Plural Nouns

• If the noun ends with a ch, s, sh, x, or z add an 'es' to make it plural

Box Boxes

Watch Watches

What is an irregular plural noun?

• An irregular noun is a noun that becomes plural by changing it’s spelling in other ways than adding an “s” or “es” to the end of the word. Some of the ways can be a little tricky.

Examples of Irregular Plural Nouns

• Some irregular nouns take on the plural form by first changing the last letter of the word before adding “s.” Words that end in “f”or are a good example of this case. To make such a word plural, you change the “f” to “ve” and add an “s.”

Calves

Calf Knife

Knives

Examples of Irregular Plural Nouns

• A tricky part about irregular plural words are sometimes they just change because there is a change in the vowel, change the word, or an add of different ending.

Spider- MAN

Men

Foot

Feet

Examples of Irregular Plural Nouns

• It’s rare but some irregular plural nouns have the same spelling as their singular form. They stay the same

Sheep

Moose