Revise Your Nouns: Making Plurals

Many singular nouns are pluralised by simply adding -s, but there are a number of exceptions.

Nouns ending in -ch, -sh, -x and -ss usually add -es.

church / churches

box / boxes

Nouns ending in -y usually change to -ies, unless there is a vowel before the -y.

fairy / fairies

donkey / donkeys

Nouns ending in -f or -fe usually change to -ves.

shelf / shelves

wife / wives

Some nouns change in different ways or don't change at all!

child / children

foot / feet

sheep / sheep