{"id":6353,"date":"2013-10-06T03:46:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T03:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/?p=6353"},"modified":"2014-12-02T08:26:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T08:26:57","slug":"back-to-school-spelling-review-of-plurals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/back-to-school-spelling-review-of-plurals\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-School Spelling Review of Plurals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most plurals are regular and formed by adding -s or -es.\u00a0 However, other words, such as <strong>child<\/strong>, have irregular plural forms.\u00a0 A few words, such as<strong> deer<\/strong> and <strong>sheep<\/strong>, do not have a plural form at all.<\/p>\n<p>What Are Regular Forms that Add S?<\/p>\n<p>Many nouns form plurals by adding -s, such as <strong>pencil<\/strong>, <strong>table<\/strong>, <strong>desk<\/strong>, or<strong> chair<\/strong>.\u00a0 Many nouns that end in y or o preceded by a vowel, also add -s, such as <strong>patio<\/strong>,<strong> patios<\/strong>; <strong>key<\/strong>, <strong>keys<\/strong>; and <strong>rodeo<\/strong>,<strong> rodeos<\/strong>.\u00a0 Some musical terms also add -s, such as <strong>solo,<\/strong> <strong>solos<\/strong>, <strong>soprano<\/strong>,<strong> sopranos<\/strong>.\u00a0 (The word <strong>concerto<\/strong> is an exception, as its plural form can either be the regular <strong>concertos<\/strong> or the Italian <strong>concerti<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Are Regular Forms that Add ES?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some regular forms that add -es include words that end in s, ss, x, z, sh, or ch, such as <strong>dress<\/strong>, <strong>dresses<\/strong>; <strong>fox<\/strong>, <strong>foxes<\/strong>; <strong>waltz<\/strong>, <strong>waltzes<\/strong>; and <strong>bench<\/strong>, <strong>benches<\/strong>.\u00a0 Words that end in o preceded by a consonant can also end in es, such as <strong>tomato, tomatoes<\/strong>, or<strong> potato, potatoes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Are Regular Forms that Change Spelling?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some forms are regular, but the spelling of the word itself is changed slightly.\u00a0 Words ending in y preceded by a consonant change the y to ie and add s, such as<strong> city, cities; baby, babies<\/strong>, or <strong>enemy, enemies<\/strong>.\u00a0 Some words that end in f or fe change to v and add es, such as<strong> leaf, leaves<\/strong>; or <strong>life, lives<\/strong>.\u00a0 Words that end in f do not always follow the rule as the plural of<strong> chief<\/strong> is <strong>chiefs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Are Irregular Plurals?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Irregular plurals do not follow rules, such as <strong>ox, oxen<\/strong> or <strong>child, children<\/strong>.\u00a0 Some words change spelling entirely, such as<strong> tooth, teeth<\/strong>; <strong>mouse, mice<\/strong>; or <strong>woman, women<\/strong>.\u00a0 A few words are so often in plural form that the singular form is seldom used, such as <strong>medium<\/strong>, media; or<strong> datum, data<\/strong>.\u00a0 Some words have no plural form, such as <strong>sheep<\/strong>,<strong> deer<\/strong>, and <strong>moose.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/tutoring-programs\/english-tutors\/\">English tutoring services<\/a>? 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