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Plural Nouns

Plural Nouns

What are plural nouns? Need help understanding what are plural nouns and what aren’t? Check out our page and find our plural nouns examples and learn how to weave plural nouns into your own writing.

Creating the plural nouns can be a little tricky.  The good news is once you learn the rules, changing singular nouns to plural nouns gets much easier.  Here are the guidelines you need and a few examples of plural nouns to set you on your way.

What Are Plural Nouns?

The word plural is defined as “referring to or concerning more than one.”  So plural nouns are words that mean more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. Most nouns can be changed to the plural form by adding “s” or “es” to the end of the word.
  2. Another example is words that end in “y” – change the “y” to “i” and add “es.”

Examples of Plural Nouns

Since the rules can be confusing when changing singular nouns to plural nouns, here are a few more examples of the different forms plural nouns can take.

Forming plural nouns by simply adding an “s” to the end of the word.

What is a Plural Noun?

  • More than one rake=rakes
  • More than one book=books
  • More than one mitten = mittens
  • More than one wall = walls
  • More than one house = houses
  • More than one truth = truths

Nouns that end in s, ch, or x are made in plural nouns by adding an “es” to the end of the word.

  • More than one switch = switches
  • More than one ax = axes
  • More than one mass = masses
  • More than one church = churches
  • More than one tax = taxes
  • More than one bus = buses

Words that end in “y” become plural nouns by changing the “y” to “i” and adding “es.”

  • More than one baby = babies
  • More than one kitty = kitties
  • More than one city = cities
  • More than one lady = ladies

Irregular Plural Nouns

Irregular plural nouns are a little tricky because they don’t follow the rules!  In order to change irregular singular nouns plural nouns you have to change the spelling.  Adding an “s” or “es” won’t do the trick.

One example is the singular foot and the plural form of the word, feet.  Find out more about irregular plural nouns.

Plural Possessive Nouns

In order to make plural nouns possessive, but that don’t end in the letter “s” all you have to do is add an apostrophe and an “s.”

  • Women = women’s
  • Mice = mice’s

If the plural noun ends in an “s” it becomes possessive by adding an apostrophe at the end.

  • Cars = cars’
  • Rivers = rivers’

Now that you know how to master the tricky parts, forming plural nouns should be a walk in park!

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