Remember and say how most of the nouns form the plural in English and how we pronounce and spell nouns in the plural. Read the words. Places, marks, meadows, lungs, mysteries, leaves, watches, oceans, ostriches, insects, churches, ladies, intervals, ghost, messages, hopes, hundreds, hedges, peaches, graves, fields, Giants, wolves, countries.
Most nouns in English form the plural by adding -s or -es to the singular form. When pronouncing and spelling nouns in the plural, we typically add the -s sound for most words ending in a consonant and -es for words ending in s, x, z, ch, or sh.
Most nouns in English form the plural by adding -s or -es to the singular form. When pronouncing and spelling nouns in the plural, we typically add the -s sound for most words ending in a consonant and -es for words ending in s, x, z, ch, or sh.
For example: places, marks, meadows, lungs, mysteries, leaves, watches, oceans, ostriches, insects, churches, ladies, intervals, ghosts, messages, hopes, hundreds, hedges, peaches, graves, fields, giants, wolves, countries.