Plural noun worksheet for students to practice converting singular nouns to plural forms.

Let's solve this step by step. The task is to write the plural form of each noun listed, following the standard English pluralization rules.

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🔹 General Rules for Plural Nouns:

1. Most nouns: Add -s
→ *cat → cats*

2. Nouns ending in -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -z: Add -es
→ *bus → buses*, *brush → brushes*

3. Nouns ending in -f or -fe: Change to -ves
→ *leaf → leaves*, *wife → wives*

4. Nouns ending in -y:
- If preceded by a consonant, change -y → -ies
→ *city → cities*
- If preceded by a vowel, just add -s
→ *boy → boys*

5. Irregular plurals: These don’t follow standard rules
→ *child → children*, *man → men*, *mouse → mice*, *tooth → teeth*, *foot → feet*, etc.

6. Some words have same singular and plural forms
→ *sheep → sheep*, *deer → deer*

7. Words ending in -o:
- Many add -s (e.g., *photo → photos*)
- Some add -es (e.g., *tomato → tomatoes*, *potato → potatoes*)

8. Compound nouns: Usually pluralize the main noun
→ *sandwich → sandwiches*

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Now let’s go through each word and apply the rules:

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✔ Left Column:

| Singular | Plural | Rule |
|--------|--------|------|
| cat | cats | Add -s |
| tomato | tomatoes | Ends in -o + consonant → add -es |
| bed | beds | Add -s |
| dress | dresses | Ends in -s → add -es |
| box | boxes | Ends in -x → add -es |
| cup | cups | Add -s |
| church | churches | Ends in -ch → add -es |
| paper | papers | Add -s |
| fox | foxes | Ends in -x → add -es |
| hand | hands | Add -s |
| wish | wishes | Ends in -sh → add -es |
| frog | frogs | Add -s |
| bus | buses | Ends in -s → add -es |
| elephant | elephants | Add -s |
| watch | watches | Ends in -ch → add -es |
| dinosaur | dinosaurs | Add -s |
| crayon | crayons | Add -s |

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✔ Right Column:

| Singular | Plural | Rule |
|--------|--------|------|
| plate | plates | Add -s |
| buzz | buzzes | Ends in -z → add -es |
| car | cars | Add -s |
| dish | dishes | Ends in -sh → add -es |
| tree | trees | Add -s |
| brush | brushes | Ends in -sh → add -es |
| pen | pens | Add -s |
| match | matches | Ends in -ch → add -es |
| door | doors | Add -s |
| sandwich | sandwiches | Compound noun; add -es |
| boy | boys | Ends in -y after vowel → add -s |
| tax | taxes | Ends in -x → add -es |
| balloon | balloons | Add -s |
| class | classes | Ends in -s → add -es |
| lion | lions | Add -s |
| egg | eggs | Add -s |
| glass | glasses | Ends in -s → add -es |
| girl | girls | Ends in -l → add -s |

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🟩 Final Answer (Completed Table):

| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
| cat | cats | plate | plates |
| tomato | tomatoes | buzz | buzzes |
| bed | beds | car | cars |
| dress | dresses | dish | dishes |
| box | boxes | tree | trees |
| cup | cups | brush | brushes |
| church | churches | pen | pens |
| paper | papers | match | matches |
| fox | foxes | door | doors |
| hand | hands | sandwich | sandwiches |
| wish | wishes | boy | boys |
| frog | frogs | tax | taxes |
| bus | buses | balloon | balloons |
| elephant | elephants | class | classes |
| watch | watches | lion | lions |
| dinosaur | dinosaurs | egg | eggs |
| crayon | crayons | glass | glasses |
| | | girl | girls |

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✔ All plurals follow correct English grammar rules.

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