singular and plurals

We add  -S to most of the nouns:

• girl  girls
• name names
• parent parents

Nouns ending in "Y" we change it for "-ies":

• family  families
• secretary  secreaties
• candy  candies

Nouns ending in "ch, sh, s, x, z or o" we add -es:

• watch  watches
• address  addresses
• potato   potatoes

Nouns ending in "-F and - FE" change to "-ves"

• half  halves
• life  lives
• knife  knives

Some nouns don't change

• fish  fish
• scissors  scissors
• sheep   sheep

Some nouns change completely

• man  men
• mouse   mice
• person   people
• child  children
• foot  feet