Plural Song MP3 from Grammar Songs by Kathy Troxel

Plural Song MP3 from Grammar Songs by Kathy Troxel

To form a plural when a word ends in y,

you change the y to i and add es -

like spy into spies and fly into flies,

enemy to enemies and cry to cries

To form a plural when the word ends in y,

after a vowel then you add an s -

like day into days and play into plays,

turkey into turkeys, holiday - holidays

Words used for music that end in an o -

you form the plural when you add an s -

soprano - sopranos and alto to altos,

piano to pianos and solo to solos

The plural of some nouns is irregular.

If you remember these you'll be a star -

tooth into teeth, mouse into mice,

ox to oxen, child to children, woman - women

Sometimes the plural is the singular.

If you remember these you'll really go far -

like deer into deer, sheep into sheep,

salmon - salmon, fish to fish, Chinese to Chinese

To form a plural when a word ends in o,

when there's a consonant before the o,

you add an es, like changing hero to heroes,

potato to potatoes and tomato - tomatoes

When you have words that end in ch or x,

z,sh or s, then you add es -

like box into boxes, and fox into foxes,

rich to riches, miss to misses, kiss to kisses

There are some words that end in f or fe.

The plural of the words changes these -

like leaf into leaves, knife into knives,

wolf to wolves, self to selves and life to lives.

copyright 1984 by Kathy Troxel/Audio Memory

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