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More examples of regular and irregular plural nouns

by Jennie Wood

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Regular and Irregular plural nouns can be tricky. Below are more examples of the different kinds of plural nouns.

Nouns where the plural form is adding letter "s"

• Baseball / Baseballs
• Base / Bases
• Car / Cars
• Girl / Girls
• Horse / Horses
• Key / Keys
• Apple / Apples

Nouns ending in "s," "ch," "sh," "x," that add "es"

• Church / Churches
• Fox / Foxes
• Gas / Gases
• Switch / Switches

Nouns ending in the letter "o," that add "s"

• Kangaroo / Kangaroos
• Kilo / Kilos
• Photo / Photos
• Video / Videos
• Zoo / Zoos

Nouns ending in the letter "o," add "os" or "oes"

• Mosquito / Mosquitos or Mosquitoes
• Motto / Mottos or Mottoes
• Tornado / Tornados or Tornadoes
• Volcano / Volcanos or Volcanoes
• Zero / Zeros or Zeroes

Nouns ending in "y," change "y" to "i" and add "es"

• Baby / Babies
• Century / Centuries
• Penny / Pennies
• Variety / Varieties

Nouns ending in "f," change "f" to "v" and add "es"

• Calf / Calves
• Elf / Elves
• Hoof / Hooves
• Knife / Knives
• Self / Selves

Nouns that don't change at all in plural form

• Barracks / Barracks
• Deer / Deer
• Fish / Fish
• Moose / Moose
• Sheep / Sheep

Nouns that change completely in plural form

• Child / Children
• Mouse / Mice
• Person / People

Nouns where the plural is a change in the vowel

• Foot / Feet
• Goose / Geese
• Man / Men
• Tooth / Teeth
• Woman / Women