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Rules for formation of Plurals from Singulars.

              1.  In most of the singular nouns, add ‘s’ to make them plurals.

                          Singular               Plural                   Singular               Plural

                       Ball                Balls                       Table               Tables

                       Kite                Kites                       Cup                 Cups

                       Book                Books                       Spoon               Spoons

                       Lamp                Lamps                       Bird                Birds


                       Ring                Rings                       Window              Windows
                       Plant               Plants                      Door                Doors


                       Pot                 Pots                        House               Houses

                       Game                Games                       Key                 Keys

                       Pencil              Pencils                     Towel               Towels

                       Bag                 Bags                        Mug                 Mugs

                       Cow                 Cows                        Chair               Chairs

              2.  The singular nouns which end with s, ss, sh, ch and x, form their plural by
                   adding ‘es’.

                       Box                 Boxes                       Match               Matches

                       Branch              Branches                    Church              Churches

                       Ass                 Asses                       Lunch               Lunches

                       Bench               Benches                     Peach               Peaches

                       Brush               Brushes                     Tax                 Taxes


                       Glass               Glasses                     Beach               Beaches

                       Dish                Dishes                      Fox                 Foxes

              3.  The singular nouns which ends with ‘o’, form their plurals by adding ‘-es’.

                       Tomato              Tomatoes                    Zero                Zeroes

                       Hero                Heroes                      Echo                Echoes


                       Potato              Potatoes                    Mosquito            Mosquitoes

                       Mango               Mangoes




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