Most English nouns form their plural by adding –s to the singular E.g boy – boys, book – books, pen – pens Fill in the plural: a brush – two ……………………………………………… a fox – five …………………………………………… a sandwich – ten …………………………………………… a class – six …………………… a peach – three …………………………………………… an address – eleven ……………………………………… a torch – fifteen ……………………………………… Fill in the plural: a cat – two ……………………………………………… a robot – five …………………………………………… a room – ten …………………………………………… a disco – six …………………… a test – three …………………………………………… a ladder – eleven ……………………………………… Nouns ending in –s, -ch, -sh, -sh, -x, -z, -o form their plural by adding –es E.g bus – buses, glass – glasses, quiz- quizzes, box – boxes, match – matches, brush brushes The following nouns add only –s: -foreign and abbreviated nouns ending in –o: photos, concertos, pianos, solos, videos, sopranos, kimonos, tangos, tobaccos, kilos, pros (professionals) -nouns ending in –o preceded by a vowel: cuckoos, kangaroos, radios, scenarios, studios, zoos -proper nouns: Filipinos, Eskimos, Neros, Put the nouns in the plural and read them out: echo - …………………………, kangaroo ………………… ………………., mosquito …………………………………… kilo - …………………………., tomato …………………… ………., potato - …………………………… , zoo ………… motto - ………………………, hero …………………………… volcano - ……………………………………., radio - Nouns with two plural forms: banjos – banjoes, buffalos – buffaloes, cargos – cargoes, mementos – mementoes, mottos – mottoes, volcanos – volcanoes, zeros – zeroes etc Nouns ending in -y preceded by a consonant change –y into –i before –es: factory – factories, lady – ladies, city – cities But boy – boys, play – plays, day - days Proper nouns take –s in the plural without any orthographic change: E.g Marys, Henrys, the Crosbys, the Kennedys Put into the plural: a baby – two ………………………………………… a toy – three ………………………………………… a cherry – six ……………………………………… a lady – ten ………………………………………… a body – two ………………………………………… a day – seven ………………………………………