Adding -sWe add -s to words for two reasons: - to make plural nouns (boy > boys)
- to form the 3rd person singular of the present simple tense (I work > you work > he works)
Spelling Rule
Just add -s to the end of the word, for example: - dog > dogs
- play > plays
- demand > demands
Exceptions If the word ends in: | do this: | and add: | For example: | -ch
-s
-sh
-x
-z | nothing | -es | church > churches
mass > masses
brush > brushes
fax > faxes
box > boxes
chintz > chintzes | -f
-fe | remove the -f or -fe | -ves | wife > wives
calf > calves except:
beliefs, chiefs, dwarfs, griefs, gulfs, proofs, roofs | consonant + -y | remove the -y | -ies | spy > spies
baby > babies | Note: words that end in -o normally just add s, except:
buffalo > buffaloes
cargoes (or cargos)
domino > dominoes
echo > echoes
go > goes
grotto > grottoes
halo > haloes
hero > heroes
mango > mangoes
mosquito > mosquitoes
motto > mottoes (or mottos)
potato > potatoes
tomato > tomatoes
tornado > tornadoes
torpedo > torpedoes
veto > vetoes
volcano > volcanoes |
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