Plural Nouns

1. Add -s to form the plural of most nouns.
1. girl - girls
2. orange - oranges
3. kite - kites
4. fight - fights
5. label - labels
2. Add -es to nouns that end in -o, -ch, -sh, -s, -x, or -z
1. watch - watches
2. dish - dishes
3. bus - buses.
4.  box - boxes
5. quiz - quizzes
6. potato - potatoes
• There are some exceptions to the -o endings
1. piano - pianos
2. logo - logos
3. solo - solos
4. photo - photos
5. kangaroo - kangaroos 
6. radio - radios
   
3. For nouns that end in -y with a consonant before the -y, change the -y to -i and add -es
1. country - countries
2. baby - babies
3.  puppy - puppies
4. candy - candies
5. story - stories
4. For nouns that end in -y with a vowel before the -y, just add -s
1. toy - toys
2. boy - boys
3. monkey - monkeys
4. key - keys
5. day - days
5. For nouns that end in -f or -fe, drop the -f or -fe and add -ves
1.  loaf - loaves
2. knife - knives
3. wife - wives
4. wolf - wolves
5. leaf - leaves
6.  Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms
1. fish - fish
2. deer - deer 
3. sheep - sheep
4. salmon - salmon
   
7. Some nouns are irregular.
1. man  - men
2. woman - women
3. goose - geese
4. tooth - teeth
5. mouse - mice
6. child - children
8. Form the plural of most compound nouns by adding -s to the head nouns.
1. car park - car parks (noun + noun)
2. sister-in-law - sisters-in-law
3. train station - train stations
4. taxi driver - taxi drivers
5. firefighter - firefighters
6. passer-by - passers-by (noun + preposition)
7.  hanger-on - hangers-on
9.  Below are some exceptions to the #8 rule.
1. grown-up - grown-ups
2. check-in - check-ins
3. higher-up - higher-ups