Plural rule #2: -y and -ie suffixes The next plural rule is that if the noun ends with ‘-y’ and is preceded by a consonant, you add ‘-es’ suffix and change the ‘-y’ to an ‘-i’. For example: cherry – cherries puppy – puppies However, if there is a vowel before t...
For some nouns that end in an “s”or “z,”you must repeat the last letter before adding the “-es.”For instance: Singular:Gas Plural:Gasses Change To “-ve”And Add “-s” For nouns that end with “-fe”or “-f,”you should often change the end to “-ve”and then add an...
Generally, by adding a ‘s’ at the end, we can change a singular noun to a plural noun. There are different rules we follow to change a singular noun to a plural noun. Rule 1 When a singular noun ends with a ‘y’ after a consonant, we remove the ‘y’ and add ‘ies’. ...
Nouns such as jealousy, electricity, flexibility end with a consonant + y but do not have a plural form because they are uncountable nouns. We’ll look at them more closely further down the post.Nouns that end in f or fe also follow the replacing letters method for pluralization. The f ...
Nouns ending consonant + -y: Nouns that end in -f or -fe: With loan words Nouns ending -is: Nouns ending -um: Nouns ending -on: Nouns ending -a: Nouns ending -ex or -ix Nouns ending -us: Nouns ending -eau: Nouns that take -es: Nouns ending with -ch, -s, ...
We can add -y to the end of some nouns to make adjectives. snow → snowyNote the spelling changes with some words. sun → sunny joy → /.Can you give more examples of making adjectives this way? 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 以下是一些通过在名词后加 -y 构成形容词的例子: * rain -...
When the singular noun ends with a y, the plural noun is formed by removing the y and adding an -ies Show Video Lesson Plural Irregular Noun This video shows how some popular irregular nouns change in the plural form. These nouns do not add the “s” at the end of the word. For ...
Until very recently we wrote (the) week’s end, which later became week-end and then our beloved weekend.There are three typical structures of compound nouns.Types of Compound NounsShort compounds may be written in three different ways:The solid or closed forms in which two usually moderately...
When the singular form of a noun ends in an 'f' or 'fe', they need to be replaced with 'ves' to make them plural. See the table below for examples. Singular FormPlural Form knife knives wife wives life lives wolf wolves thief thieves shelf shelves While most words that end in 'f'...
Henry, because ''lady'' ends with a consonant (d) + the letter y, the plural is made by deleting the y and adding -ies: ladies. Henry, because ''leaf'' end with the letter f, we need to delete the f and add -ves to make the plural: leaves. Henry, child has an irregular pl...