To make a word plural in English, you normally add an -s to the word. For example street becomes streets.
But there are also several words that have their own rules, like:
- Words that end with an s, ch, sh, x, or z get an -es (box - boxes).
- If the word ends with a consonant (any letter that is not an a, e, i, o, u) + and has a y too, for example, party, the -y gets replaced with an -ies. So the word party becomes parties in plural.
- If the word ends with an -f or -fe, then it becomes -ves (life - lives).
Some words can change to a completely different word in the plural form. Here are a few examples:
- Man - Men
- Woman - Women
- Child - Children
- Person - people
- Foot - feet
- Tooth - teeth
A trick that can help you when dealing with irregular verbs in plural form is to remember that many words for animal become irregular in plural form:
- Mouse - mice
- Goose - geese
- Fish - fish
- Deer - deer
If you have trouble remembering the irregular plural nouns then you can use the flashcard (link down below) to memorize it