SINGULAR - PLURALS

 

SINGULAR  PLURALS

Rule 1: nouns + s

bag – bags

cup – cups

email – emails

god – gods

house –houses

student – students

Rule 2:nouns ending with ….x/ch/s/ss/z/zz + es (regular plural)

bench – benches

box – boxes

bus – buses

buzz – buzzes

dish – dishes

whiz(z) –whizzes

Exception :

Epoch – epochs

Stomach – stomachs

Rule :3 nouns ending  with …o  + es (regular plural)

buffalo – buffaloes

domino  – dominoes

hero – heroes

mango – mangoes

potato – potatoes

tomato –tomatoes

Exceptions  …o + s (regular plural)

auto – autos

kilo – kilos

memo – memos

photo – photos

piano – pianos

studio – studios

zoo – zoos

cargo – cargos /cargoes

zero – zeros /zeroes

Rule : 4 nouns ending with …consonant + y =ies (regular plural )

baby – babies

daisy – daisies

fly – flies

lady –ladies

story – stories

Rule : 5 nouns ending with ….vowel + y =s (regular plural )

boy – boys

chimney – chimneys

day – days

essay – essays

key – keys

play – plays

toy – toys

valley – valleys

Rule : 6 nouns ending with …f /fe =ves (regular plural )

Knife – knives

life – lives

loaf – loaves  

scarf – scarves

self – selves

thief – thieves

wife – wives

wolf – wolves

Exceptions :

belief – beliefs

chief – chiefs

roof – roofs

Rule 1 a =e (regular Plural)

gentleman –gentlemen

man – men

policeman – policemen

postman – postmen

woman – women

rule 2  en  (regular Plural)

child – children

ox –oxen

brother – brethren

Rule 3 oo = ee  (regular Plural)

foot – feet

goose – geese

tooth –teeth

Exception

book – books

hook – hooks

roof  - roofs

room – rooms

Rule 4 …ouse = …ice

louse – lice

louse –mice

Others

blouse  - blouses

house – houses

Rule 5   …um /on = a(regular plural )

automation – automata

bacterium –bacteria

criterion – criteria

curriculum – curricula

datum – data

erratum – errata

medium – media

ovum – ova

phenomenon – phenomena

phylum – phyla

Rule 6 …a  =  …ae

alga – algae

alumna – alumnae

amoeba – amoebae

antenna – antennae

formula – formulae

larva – larvae

nebula – nebulae

vertebra – vertebrae

vita – vitae

Rule 7 ..us = i

alumnus – alumni

bacillus – bacilli

cactus – cacti

focus – foci

fungus – fungi

nucleus – nuclei

octopus – octopi

radius – radii

stimulus – stimuli

syllabus – syllabi

terminus – termini

 

 

Rule 8 ..us = a

corpus - corpora

genus – genera

Rule 9 ..i (s ) = ..e  (s)

analysis – analyses

axis – axes

basis – bases

crisis – crises

diagnosis – diagnoses

ellipses – ellipsis

oasis – oases

parenthesis – parentheses

synopsis – synopses

thesis – theses

Rule 10 ..e/lx  = ..ices

apex – apices

appendix – appendices

codex – codices

index – indices

matrix – matrices

vortex – vortices

Rule 11 ..eau  = ..eaux

beau - beaux

bureau – bureaux

chateau – chateaux

plateau – plateau

tableau – tableaux

Rule 12  singular – plural same

aircraft –aircraft

cod –cod

deer –deer

fish – fish

means – means

offspring –offspring

series –series

sheep – sheep

species – species

 

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