Plural form of nounsPlural form of nouns

Plural is used with things that have two parts

• Trousers• Pyjamas• Glasses• Binoculas• Scissors• Tongs• Goods• Clothes

• Wages• Riches• People

The ending• hand – hands• Box – boxes (s, ss, tch, ch, sh, x + es)• City – cities• Hero – heroes, but • piano – pianos, photo – photos• Leaf – leaves, but• Chief – chiefs (roofs, handkerchiefs)

Exceptions• Child – children• Man – men• Woman – women• Mouse – mice• Foot – feet• Tooth – teeth• Ox - oxen

• Fish• Sheep• deer

Compound noun• Custom-house – custom-houses• Mother-in-law – mothers-in-law• Man-of-war – men-of-war

Latin words• Basis – bases• crisis- - crises• Phenomenon – phenomena• Memorandum – memoranda• Datum - data