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Nouns ending in Change to plural by adding
1. most consonants add ‘s’ – hands, legs

2. s, x, sh, ch add ‘es’ – buses, churches
3. y replace y by ies – armies, babies
4. y (proceeded by vowel) add ‘s’ – days, boys

5. f, fe change (f/fe) to ves – wives, knives
6. o add ‘es’ – mangoes, heroes
7. compound words such as as ‘s’ to the first word, like passers-by

passer – by, mother-in-law mothers-in-law
Some nouns do not change at all.

For example:
hair hair
sheep sheep

fish fish
In some cases, the world undergoes change.
For example:

child children
man men
woman women

A. Give the plural forms of the following nouns.
1. story ______________ 2. fairy ______________

3. goose ______________ 4. brother-in-law ______________

5. sheep ______________ 6. potato ______________
7. loaf ______________ 8. echo ______________

9. bamboo ______________ 10. leaf ______________

11. policeman ______________ 12. cry ______________
B. Fill in the blanks by writing the plural of the words given in the brackets.

1. All the _____________ (child) were given colourful _____________ (diary).

2. Europe has large _____________ (city).
3. He had an aquarium of _____________ (fish).

4. The _____________ (fruit) on the _____________ (tree) were not ripe enough.

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