The Plural Song
THE PLURAL SONG
Bags hold books, students sit at tables
Cars go places, horses live in stables
But not all plurals simply take an s-
Some don't change and others are a mess
If a noun ends with these letters
Don't add -s, -es would be better
-s- like in buses, -ch- like in coaches
-x- like in taxes, -sh- like in wishes
If a noun has -f at the end
The -f might run away, -ve might step in
Wolf turns to wolves, thief turns to thieves
But some -f's stay like roofs and beliefs
If a noun ends with -y
-y- turns to -ie- like cities and skies
But if that -y- has a vowel right before it
Just add -s like days - don't ignore it
Some don't change when more than one appear
Like sheep and tuna and fish and moose and deer
But some nouns change randomly like dice
Child turns to children and mouse turns to mice
Woman turns to women and goose turns to geese
Man turns to men and tooth turns to teeth
Person becomes people and foot turns to feet
Cactus turns to cacti - this list is incomplete