E plurals
acres, ages, aides, archives, barricades, brides, chimes, hoes, particles, phones, places, pieces, shoes, sources, surprises, themes, vices
EE plurals
bees, fees, tees, trees
CH and SH plurals
ashes, beaches, bushes, churches, clashes, dishes, hatches, leashes, matches, ostriches, reaches, Sandwiches, watches
SS verbs and plurals
actresses, addresses, classes, dresses, glasses, kisses, messes, witnesses
IE plurals
lies, series, species,
X plurals
boxes,equinoxes, complexes, taxes
Y plurals
accessories, activities, babies, gullies, properties, puppies, supplies
(you use -es when at the root end you pronounce S, SH, or TCH, and -ies when a Y is preceded by a consonant sound)
Some nouns that end in "f" have plurals that end in "ves": scarf/scarves, half/halves, calf/calves, hoof/hooves, leaf/leaves, wife/wives, and knife/knives are some.
There are also nouns and verbs that end in "ve" that have forms that end in "ves": salve/salves, rave/raves, cove/coves, love/loves, believe/believes, behave/behaves, groove/grooves, and move/moves are some.
This is a list of 5 plural words ending in '-ves':
* wife- wives leaf- leaves loaf- loaves * wolf-wolves, self-selves, shelf-shelves, elf-elves
Words that end in "ves" include saves, archives, airwaves, werewolves, wolves, and beehives. Other words that end in "ves" are solves, lives, gives, and improves.
some words are leaf to leaves,loaf to loaves, wolf to wolves, knife to knives, life to lives, and wife to wives. half to halves, and calf to calves
knife knives life lives wife wives
Examples of nouns that end in -f or -fe that change to -ves to form the plural are:calf; calveshalf; halveshoof; hoovesknife; knivesleaf; leaveslife; livesloaf; loavesscarf; scarvesself; selvessheaf; sheavesshelf; shelvesthief; thieveswife; wiveswolf; wolves
All you have to do is add an 's' at the end of the words.
amazesapologizesbaptizesbrutalizesblazesbreezescrazescriminalizescustomizesdozesenergizesemphasizesfantasizesfreezesgazesgeneralizesglamorizeshazeshomogenizesmazesmemorizesnaturalizesoptimizesprizespopularizesrealizessanitizessizessummarizessterilizestheorizestraumatizestantalizestranquilizestrivializes
Singular: Pitch Plural: Pitches For example, the length of the park was the equivalent of 7 football pitches Note: typically, words that end with 'ch' usually take 'es' at the end to form a plural
Vicinities, almost all plurals of words that end "y" is "ies".
Some words that end with the letters 'ves' are:adjectivesapprovesarrivesbelievescalvescaveschivesclovescravescurvesdeceivesdeservesdetectivesdissolvesdivesdovesdriveseaveselvesevesevolvesexecutivesexpletivesexplosivesfivesforgivesfugitivesgivesglovesgravesgrievesgroovesgroveshalvesheaveshiveshoovesimperativesimprovesincentivesinvolvesknaveskniveslaxitivesleaveslivesloaveslovesmotivesmovesnativesnegativesnervesobjectivesobservesoctavesolivesourselvespavespeevesperceivespositivespossessivespreservesprimitivesprovesravesreceivesrelativesrelievesrelivesremovesrepresentativesreservesresolvesretrievesrevivesrevolvesrovessavesscarvessedativesselvesservesshavessheavesshelvesshovessievesslavessleevessolvesstarvesstovesstrivesswervesthievesthriveswaveswiveswolves
Some words end in -fe, e.g knife (that is in singular) but when you turn it to a plural you write knives.
The usual plural form for words ending in -f or -ef is to drop the f and add ves. There are exceptions to this rule where only an s is added to the end of the words.
The plural of wolf is wolves. The ending "f" becomes a "ves". Other words ending with the "f" sound (includeing "fe") become ""ves", as in Knfe becomes knives
Most nouns that end with 'f' or 'fe' are made plural by dropping the 'f' or 'fe' and adding 'ves'. The plural for thief is thieves (not thiefs).
Some words that drop 'f' and add 'ves' to form their plural are: wolf (wolves), life (lives), leaf (leaves), knife (knives), and thief (thieves).
Nouns that end with 'f' or 'fe' are made plural by dropping the 'f' or the 'fe' and adding 'ves'. The plural for sheaf is sheaves.
Examples of nouns that end in -f or -fe that change to -ves to form the plural are:calf; calveshalf; halveshoof; hoovesknife; knivesleaf; leaveslife; livesloaf; loavesscarf; scarvesself; selvessheaf; sheavesshelf; shelvesthief; thieveswife; wiveswolf; wolves
There are 13 words that have this form in plural. calf, half, knife, life, wife, elf, self, shelf, leaf, sheaf, thief, loaf and wolf. All words have the ending "ves" instead of "f" or "fe". 4 words have two plural endings. The words in these cases are able just to add a "s" onto their word instead of "ves". dwarf, hoof, scarf og wharf.
Because that's the way it is and it can't be changed.
Fluff. If you want to say he fluffs his tail, you don't have to change it to an 'ves.' This could possibly be because it's a verb and not the plural form of a noun, however.
Most plural words do.