The document provides rules for making nouns plural in English. It states that most nouns form the plural by adding -s, while some nouns ending in certain letters like -s, -sh, -ch, -x, or -o add -es instead. Some nouns ending in consonant-y or -f/-fe change the ending to -ies or -ves. It notes there are also irregular nouns that have unpredictable plural forms, like child/children and mouse/mice. The document tests applying the rules to example nouns.

1. LEARN PLAY

2. With nouns ending in a
consonant and –y, the –y
goes and we add –ies.
To make the plural we usually country  countries
baby  babies
add –s to the noun.
book  books pen  pens
With nouns ending in
–f or –fe, the –f or
–fe goes and we add
With nouns ending in –s, -sh, –ves.
-ch, -x or –o, we add the
suffix –es. knife  knives
leaf  leaves
class  classes
box  boxes
arch  arches
tomato  tomatoes

3. Irregular nouns do not
follow the rules above.
We make their plurals in
various ways.
child  children
foot  feet
mouse  mice
fish  fish
person  people
sheep  sheep

4. WOLFES WOLVES WOLFESES

5. TOMATOES TOMATOS TOMATOSES

6. BABYES BABYS BABIES

7. BUSIES BUSES BUSS

8. FOOTIES FOOTS FEET

9. FOXES FOXS FOXIES

10. MOUSIES MICE MOUSES

11. TOOTHES TOOTHS TEETH

12. CHILDREN CHILDS CHILDES

13. BRUSHS BRUSHES BRUSHIES

14. POLICEMANES POLICEMANS POLICEMEN END