List 1 - Singular and Plural Nouns
By changing –y into –ies if a noun ends in a consonant before the -y.
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
army | armies | enemy | enemies | |
baby | babies | fairy | fairies | |
beauty | beauties | family | families | |
berry | berries | lady | ladies | |
cherry | cherries | library | libraries | |
city | cities | nappy | nappies | |
country | countries | sky | skies | |
cry | cries | spy | spies | |
curry | curries | story | stories | |
diary | diaries | strawberry | strawberries | |
discovery | discoveries | territory | territories | |
duty | duties | theory | theories |
By adding –s or –es to nouns ending in -o
Singular | Plural |
banjo | banjos/banjoes |
archipelago | archipelagos/es |
cargo | cargos/cargoes |
desperado | desperados/desperadoes |
halo | halos/haloes |
lasso | lassos/lassoes |
mango | mango/mangoes |
memento | mementos/mementoes |
motto | mottos/mottoes |
tornado | tornados/tornadoes |
volcano | volcanos/volcanoes |
zero | zeros/zeroes |
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