REGULAR PLURALS

VOVELS,VOICED CONSONANTS + S = (Z)
DOG-DOGS
BEE-BEES

VOICELESS CONSONANTS+S =(S)
BOOK-BOOKS

-S,-SH,-AS,-CH,-X,-Z+S=ES(IZ)
WATCH
ACTRESS
BOX
WATCHES
ACTRESSES
BOXES
BUSH-BUSHES
Exercise:

O+S=OS(Z)

a) after a vowel
bamboos, embryos
folio, kangaroo, radio, studio, zoo
b) in proper names
Romeos Eskimo, Filipino
c) in abbreviations
kilos photo , pro (professional)
d) in some borrowed words
pianos
concerto, dynamo, quarto, solo, tango, tobacco.
exercise
exercise
exercise
exercise

O+E+S
embargo
torpedo
veto
potato
Negro
echo
embargoes
torpedoes
vetoes
potatoes
Negroes
echoes
tomatoes
Exercise:

OES/OS
cargo banjo halo
cargo(e)s banjo(e)s halo(e)s
Exercise:

Y-IES
sky
cry
skies
cries
Exercise:

Y+S=YS
a) after vowels:
days (except in nouns ending in -quy: soliloquy - soliloquies).
b) in proper names:
the two Germanys; the Kennedy,
the Gatsby;
c) in compounds:
stand-bys, lay-by.
exercise
exercise

FE-VE
Elf
half
knife
leaf
life
loaf
elves
halves
knives
leaves
lives
loaves
calf - calves
Exercise:

FE-VE
self
sheaf
shelf
thief
wife
wolf
selves
sheaves
shelves
thieves
wives
wolves
Exercise:

F/FE+S=FS/FES
chief
safe
cliff
Gulf
dwarf
reef-
grief
chiefs
safes
cliffs
gulfs
dwarfs
reefs
griefs
PROOF-PROOFS
Exercise:

FS/VES
scarf
dwarf
hoof
scarfs/scarves
dwarfs/dwarves
hoofs/hooves
Exercise: