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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Rules for plural nouns:

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