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NOUNS

For beginners

Plural nouns

In English, it is very easy to make plural nouns. Usually, you simply add 's' to the noun.
For example: cage becomes cages.
bucket becomes buckets.
There are some exceptions (but not very many ).

There are some words which change.

man
woman
child
foot
tooth
mouse
louse
men
women
children
feet
teeth
mice
lice

There are a few words that do not change at all.

fish
species
sheep
means
series
fish
species
sheep
means
series
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