Watch the Video

What Is the Plural?

Question 1 of 30

🍐 cat

The Rule

PLURAL RULE 1
word + S = plural

The simplest and most common plural rule in English. To make most nouns plural, just add -S to the end of the word. This rule works for the vast majority of English nouns.

cat → cats hat → hats dog → dogs frog → frogs car → cars star → stars

Song Lyrics

Are you ready to learn plural rules?
This is number one.

To make a noun plural, there's no need to guess.
Simply take your base word and just add S.
To make a noun plural, there's no need to guess.
Simply take your base word and just add S.

Cat is my base word. I will add an S.
What is the plural? Cats. Yes.

To make a noun plural, there's no need to guess.
Simply take your base word and just add S.
To make a noun plural, there's no need to guess.
Simply take your base word and just add S.

Hat is my base word. I will add an S.
What is the plural? Hats. Yes.

To make a noun plural, there's no need to guess.
Simply take your base word and just add S.
To make a noun plural, there's no need to guess.
Simply take your base word and just add S.

Singular dog, plural dogs,
Singular frog, plural frogs,
Singular car, plural cars,
Singular star, plural stars,
Bags, tags, pigs, wigs, pens, hens, fish.

To make a noun plural, there's no need to guess.
Simply take your base word and just add S.
To make a noun plural, there's no need to guess.
Simply take your base word and just add S.

Mr. Spelling.
Mr. Bye-bye.