English Plurals
English plural nouns.
In order to change a singular noun to its plural form in English, you usually add "s". For example, the plural of book is books. The plural of table is tables. These are regular plurals.
But there are many nouns which don't follow this rule. For example the plural of fish is fish. The plural of tooth is teeth. These are irregular plurals
Regular plurals:
Form:
Add "s" to the noun:
| Noun | + S |
|---|
While many plural nouns follow this rule, the spelling sometimes differ.
Examples:
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| snake | snakes |
| window | windows |
| box |
boxes
|
| boy | boys |
| lorry | lorries |
| potato | potatoes |
| knife | knives |
Irregular plurals:
There are several nouns that have irregular plural forms.
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| fish | fish |
| sheep | sheep |
| barracks | barracks |
| foot | feet |
| tooth | teeth |
| goose | geese |
| tooth | teeth |
| goose | geese |
| child | children |
| man | men |
| woman | women |
| person | people |
| mouse | mice |
Plurals formed in this way are sometimes called irregular plurals or mutated (or mutating) plurals.
- more than one child = children
- more than one woman = women
- more than one man = men
- more than one person = people
- more than one goose = geese
- more than one mouse = mice
- more than one barracks = barracks
- more than one deer = deer
