English as an Additional Language/Plural forms of nouns

Generally, making plurals (more than 1 of something) is very easy in English. Plural Formation For almost all nouns we form the plural by adding s. I have an apple I have 5 apples. For nouns which end with the letter y we form the plural by removing the y and adding ies. I have a fly I have 5 flies. For nouns which end with the letter s (dress), ch (beach), x (box), sh (bush) or z (quiz), we form the plural by adding es. I have a bus. I have 5 buses. Irregular Noun Plural Formation There are also a small number of nouns which are irregular. The first word in the following list is the singular form and the second word is the plural form: child - children man - men woman - women foot - feet tooth - teeth goose - geese mouse - mice fish - fish sheep - sheep deer - deer advice - advice information - information data - data As you can see, with some words there is no change to form the plural. The plural form and the singular form are exactly the same.