Elvis: Emily, we have not yet visited all of Sam uncle’s farm.
Emily: Yes; but we have to go to that side of the farm.
And remember, you have to tell me about the other forms of plural words.
Elvis: Off course Emily. We have learnt about plural words by adding ‘s’ towards the
end. But there are some nouns, the plural forms of which end in ‘es’.
Emily: OK. But is there any rule about which plural words end in ‘s’ and which ones end in 'es'.
Elvis: Yes. Let’s learn it.
We add ‘es’ to the words ending in‘s’, ‘ss’ ‘ch’,‘sh’,‘x’ for making their plural forms.
In other words it’s said, that, the words which make a hissing sound have their plural forms ending in ‘es’.
Let’s see some examples. That is a bus.
But,
Those are buses.
This is a gardening dress.
Those are gardening dresses.
This is a peach.
These are peaches.
This is a thorny bush.
These are thorny bushes.
This is a box.
These are boxes.
This is generally done; as adding just ‘s’ to these hissing words would be difficult
to pronounce.
Let’s try pronouncing by adding just ‘s’ towards their end…
Box
Boxs …..
Bush
Bushs….
Is the pronunciation easy? NOT at ALL.
That’s why we add ‘es’ towards the end of these words.
Similar to the hissing words, the plurals of words, ending in ‘o’ also end in ‘es’.
For example:
That is a mango.
Those are mangoes.
This is a potato.
These are potatoes.
This tomato is fresh.
These tomatoes are fresh.
That is a buffalo.
Those are buffaloes.
Emily: Wow, Elvis! I really enjoyed learning about the plural words ending in ‘es’.
Elvis: You now know when to add ‘s’ and ‘es’ for making the words plural.
Emily: Yes, should I repeat what I understood?
Elvis: By all means. Emily: We add ‘es’ to the words ending
in ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘ch’,‘sh’,‘x’ to the words
for making their plural forms.
We also add ‘es’ to some of the words that end in ‘o’.
Elvis: That’s very good!
Emily: Thank u so much Elvis. You are my best friend..
Elvis: Yes, I am..