Follow the rules below to form plural nouns.
- For most nouns, add -s.
Examples: student—students, tree—trees, river—rivers
- For nouns that end in -s, -x, -ch, -sh, or -zz, add -es.
Examples: guess—guesses, box—boxes, church—churches, bush—bushes, buzz—buzzes
- For nouns that end with a vowel and -y, add -s.
Examples: day—days, toy—toys, turkey—turkeys
- For nouns that end with a consonant and -y, change the -y to -i and add -es.
Examples: country—countries, puppy—puppies
- For some nouns that end in -f or -fe, change the -f to -v and add -s. For some change the -f to -v and add -es. For some others, only add -s.
Examples: wife—wives, calf—calves, chief—chiefs
- For nouns that end with a vowel and -o, add -s.
Examples: radio—radios, video—videos
- For most nouns that end with a consonant and -o, add -es. For some, add -s.
Examples: tomato—tomatoes, hero—heroes, silo—silos