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Plural of Irregular Nouns

How to form the plural words

Generally, the majority of English nouns form their plural by adding an -s (pencils, pens, books, papers) or by adding -es (boxes, foxes, classes, glasses)

The plural of irregular nouns are nouns that do not become plural by simply adding -s or -es.

Below is a simple table, outlining the main irregular nouns in the plural form.

Sadly, there is no other way to learn these, apart from learning them by heart.

Irregular Noun Singular Form

Irregular Noun Plural Form

aircraft

aircraft

analysis

analyses

appendix

appendices

axis

axes

bacterium

bacteria

basis

bases

bison

bison

bureau

bureaux

cactus

cacti

child

children

crisis

crises

deer

deer

die

dice

dwarf

dwarves

fish

fish

foot

feet

formula

formulae

fungus

fungi

goose

geese

half

halves

leaf

leaves

loaf

loaves

louse

lice

man

men

medium

media

mouse

mice

oasis

oases

ox

oxen

parenthesis

parentheses

person

people

phenomenon

phenomena

quiz

quizzes

scarf

scarves

series

series

self

selves

sheep

sheep

species

species

tableau

tableaux

thief

thieves

wife

wives

wolf

wolves

women

women

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