Plurals in English UNIT 1: Plurals / Countable - Uncountable Nouns Plural Number Most nouns form their plural by adding -s . Examples: Singular: a car Plural: two cars Image: a car - two cars (Page 6) Nouns ending in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o , take -es in the plural: Examples: bus - buses dress - dresses brush - brushes torch - torches box - boxes tomato - tomatoes Image: a tomato - two tomatoes (Page 6) Nouns ending in a consonant + y drop the -y and take -ies in the plural. Examples: a strawberry - three strawberries baby - babies cherry - cherries country - countries story - stories secretary - secretaries hurry - hurries study - studies apply - applies try - tries Image: a strawberry - three strawberries (Page 6) Nouns ending in -f or -fe , drop the f or -fe and take -ves in the plu...