Adding -s - Learning English
We 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:
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, cliffs, 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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