Writing Skills (for making screenshots to put on GC)
Regular Plurals
Quick Tip:
Add -s or -es to make words plural (more than one). Longer Explanation:
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Longer Explanation:
- For most nouns that end with -f or -fe, make them plural (more than one) by changing the ending to -ves.
wolf ➔ wolves
life ➔ lives - But sometimes you just add -s instead.
chief ➔ chiefs
roof ➔ roofs - NEVER use an apostrophe to make a word plural! NEVER EVER!! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!
Longer Explanation:
- For most nouns that end with -y, make them plural (more than one) by changing the ending to -ies.
baby ➔ babies
French fry ➔ French fries - If there’s a vowel (a, e, i, o, or u) before the -y, just add -s.
key ➔ keys
day ➔ days - NEVER use an apostrophe to make a word plural! NEVER EVER!! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!
Longer Explanation:
- Some nouns don't follow the regular patterns for making words plural, so they're called "irregular plurals."
- Here are some basic patterns that sometimes work:
- -sis ➔ ses crisis ➔ crises
- -an ➔ -en man ➔ men
- -us ➔ -i cactus ➔ cacti
- -o ➔ -oes potato ➔ potatoes
- -on ➔ -a criterion ➔ criteria
- -ee- ➔ [no change] deer ➔ deer
- There are a few things you can do:
- Just remember them.
- Go with what sounds right (but you still have to spell it right).
- Look it up online.
- If you look it up, it will usually tell you how to spell the plural. If it doesn't then you probably just add -s or -es.
Longer Explanation:
- We've practiced several patterns for making words plural, so this is a review of all of them combined.