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WordsAreCATegorical

Feet

and

Puppies,

Thieves and

Guppies

What Are Irregular Plurals?

by Brian P. Cleary

illustrated by Brian Gable

For my parents

B.P.C.

Irregular Plurals:

Plural words
that are not
formed by the
usual pattern of
adding -s or -es

Feet

and

Puppies,

Thieves

and

Guppies

What Are Irregular Plurals?

by Brian P. Cleary

illustrations by Brian Gable

J M ILLBROOK P RESS / M INNEAPOLIS

Catsandhatsandacrobats,hamsters,squares,andsquirrels

becausetheyallnamemorethanone,thesewordsareknownasplurals.

Pluralmeanstherestwoormoreofsomething,likethesedresses.

Shoesandshadesandlemonadesseehowtheyendinss?

Addingsore-stomostnounswillmakethemplural.

Butyouwontfindtwofootsonanyyardstick,boy,orgirl!

Yousee,footisirregular.Thepluralformisfeet.

And there are bunches more

youll know

before this books complete.

Manywordsthatendinywillendini-e-s

when naming more than one,

as in,

Mybuddiesmadeamess.

The singular is buddy, and
the plural form is buddies.

This rule applies to lots of words,

like candies, babies, studies,

guppies,puppies,parties,pennies,jellies,bellies,berries,mommies,daddies,flies,andpaddies,ponies,skies,andcherries.

Ifanf-eendsyourword,thenswapfforav

in plural forms.

Take wives

and knives

and lives,

tonamejustthree.

Often,whenfendstheword,thepluralmakesthischange:

thefturnsintov-e-s,asin,Theseloavesarestrange.

Some words, when they end in O,

need e-s when theyre plural,

as in, I see potatoes

and tomatoes on that mural.

Sometimespluralschangethevowels,liketoothbecomingteeth.

Like man to men,

or mouse to mice

orgoosebecominggeese.

Others?Seemstheyhadnoruleswhenthelanguagefolksdevisedem.

Likechildbecomingchildrenwejusthavetomemorizeem!

Certainnouns,whenplural,alwaysstaythesamethroughout,

likedeerandmooseandbison,sheepandsalmon,swineandtrout.

Iwrotethisbooksokidscouldkeepithandyontheirshelves

andlookuplotsoftrickypluralwordsallbythemselves!

So what is

an irregular plural?

Do you know?

We usually form plurals by adding s or es to the end of the word. We add es when
the word ends in s , x , ch , or sh . Irregular plurals don t follow these rules. This chart will
help you know when an irregular plural is called for and how to form it.

Word ending	To form irregular plural	Example
- fe	Change f to v , then add - s	knife > knives
- f	Change f to v , then add - es

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