Writing Plural

• Read the set of words and mark the difference. 

Girls 

Boys 

Balloons 

Mangoes 

Babies 

• These are the plural words. 
• Plural means: “More than one”. 

• In some words, we add “s” to make it plural. 

• Examples:  

Tiger – Tigers (Plural) 

Cap – Caps (Plural) 

Book – Books (Plural) 

• We add “es” to the words that end in s, o, ss, sh, x or ch, zz to make plural. 

• Examples: 

Bus – Buses (Plural) 

Tomato – Tomatoes (Plural) 

Dress – Dresses (Plural) 

Fish – Fishes (Plural) 

Bench – Benches (Plural) 

• Sometimes we add “ies” to the words that end with “consonant” and “Y” to make plural. 

• Examples: 

Kitty – Kitties (Plural) 

Baby – Babies (Plural) 

• We use “s”, “es” and “ies” in different words to convert singular form to plural.