Part 1- Rules in Changing Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns Worksheets

Rules in Changing 

Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns

We can change the singular nouns into plural nouns by using the following rules: 

• Rule 1 - By adding -s  for most nouns

        Examples:      hole - holes           rock - rocks          month - months

• Rule 2 - By adding -es for singular nouns ending in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x and -z

        Examples:      rash - rashes        tax - taxes        witness - witnesses

• Rule 3 - By changing -y to -i and adding -es  for singular nouns ending in -y preceded by a consonant

        Examples:      factory - factories    lady - ladies    fly - flies

• Rule 4 - By adding -s for singular nouns ending in -y preceded by a vowel

        Examples:      bay - bays        toy - toys        key - keys     boy - boys

• Rule 5 - By changing the -f or -fe  to -v and adding -es for singular nouns ending in -f or -fe

       Examples:        loaf - loaves        wife - wives        leaf - leaves  

• Rule 6 - By changing or adding some letters for some singular nouns 

       Examples:       man - men        woman - women        child - children

• Rule 7 - By adding -es  for singular nouns ending in -o preceded by a consonant

       Examples:        tomato  - tomatoes    veto  - vetoes    hero - heroes

       Except for these words:  photo -photos      logo  - logos      piano - pianos

• Rule 8 - By adding only an -s  for singular nouns ending in -o preceded by a vowel.

        Examples:    video - videos        radio - radios        bamboo - bamboos

Here are your FREE worksheets about the Rules in Changing Singular Nouns to Plural Nouns - Part 1 (Rule 1 - 4 ). Watch the instructional video about the lesson which can be found in my blog and Youtube Channel.