Simple worksheet designed to help students practice converting singular nouns into their plural forms.

Let's solve the task step by step.

The goal is to change each singular noun into its plural form. We'll go through each word and apply the standard rules for forming plurals in English.

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🔹 General Rules for Plural Nouns:

1. Most nouns: Add -s
→ *girl* → *girls*, *dog* → *dogs*

2. Nouns ending in -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -z: Add -es
→ *box* → *boxes*, *church* → *churches*

3. Nouns ending in -y:
- If preceded by a consonant, change -y to -ies
→ *key* → *keys* (wait! "key" ends in 'y' but after consonant? Actually, it’s “key” → “keys” because it’s pronounced with a long ‘e’ sound, so we just add -s)
→ But baby → babies, city → cities
- If preceded by a vowel, just add -s
→ *boy* → *boys*, *day* → *days*

4. Nouns ending in -f or -fe: Often change to -ves
→ *leaf* → *leaves*, *knife* → *knives*

5. Irregular plurals: Some words don’t follow rules
→ *child* → *children*, *man* → *men*, *mouse* → *mice*, *person* → *people*

6. Words that are the same in singular and plural
→ *sheep*, *deer*, *fish* (in some contexts)

7. Words ending in -o: Usually add -s, but some add -es
→ *photo* → *photos*, *potato* → *potatoes*

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Now, let’s go through each word:

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✔ Singular → Plural

| Singular | Plural |
|--------|--------|
| girl | girls |
| dog | dogs |
| printer | printers |
| shop | shops |
| spoon | spoons |
| ribbon | ribbons |
| sister | sisters |
| pear | pears |
| apple | apples |
| pouch | pouches |
| key | keys |
| box | boxes |
| orange | oranges |
| phone | phones |
| lamp | lamps |
| rock | rocks |
| knee | knees |
| fox | foxes |

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🔍 Explanation of tricky ones:

- pouch → pouches
Ends in -ch, so add -es

- box → boxes
Ends in -x, so add -es

- fox → foxes
Ends in -x, so add -es

- key → keys
Ends in -y, but preceded by 'e' (vowel), so just add -s

- orange → oranges
Ends in -e, so just add -s

- knee → knees
Ends in -e, so add -s

All others follow the simple add -s rule.

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✔ Final Answer:

```
girl girls
dog dogs
printer printers
shop shops
spoon spoons
ribbon ribbons
sister sisters
pear pears
apple apples
pouch pouches
key keys
box boxes
orange oranges
phone phones
lamp lamps
rock rocks
knee knees
fox foxes
```

You can now fill these answers into the blanks on the worksheet! 😊