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- Knife becomes Knives (pocketknife - pocketknives; penknife - penknives)
- Life becomes Lives (afterlife - afterlives)
- Dwarf to Dwarves (in some uses, others use Dwarfs)
- Thief to Thieves
- Hoof to Hooves
- wolf - wolves
- calf - calves
- elf - elves
- half- halves
- loaf - loaves
- self - selves
- shelf - shelves (bookshelf - bookshelves)
- scarf - scarves
- Wharf - wharves
- Leaf - Leaves
- Wife becomes Wives (housewife - housewives; farmwife - farmwives)
- stoves
- Life - Lives
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoE 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)
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∙ 11y agoSome 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.
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∙ 11y agoThis is a list of 5 plural words ending in '-ves':
- wife > wives
- calf > calves
- knife > knives
- shelf > shelves
- self > selves
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∙ 14y ago* wife- wives leaf- leaves loaf- loaves * wolf-wolves, self-selves, shelf-shelves, elf-elves
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∙ 9y agoWords that end in "ves" include saves, archives, airwaves, werewolves, wolves, and beehives. Other words that end in "ves" are solves, lives, gives, and improves.
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∙ 14y agosome 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
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∙ 13y agoknife knives life lives wife wives
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What nouns change from F to VES in the plural?
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
What do you notice about the plural of chief and belief?
All you have to do is add an 's' at the end of the words.
What are two words that end in z that you can add the suffix es to?
amazesapologizesbaptizesbrutalizesblazesbreezescrazescriminalizescustomizesdozesenergizesemphasizesfantasizesfreezesgazesgeneralizesglamorizeshazeshomogenizesmazesmemorizesnaturalizesoptimizesprizespopularizesrealizessanitizessizessummarizessterilizestheorizestraumatizestantalizestranquilizestrivializes
How do you spell the plural form of pitch?
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
What is the plural of vicinity?
Vicinities, almost all plurals of words that end "y" is "ies".
Words that end in ves?
Some words that end with the letters 'ves' are:adjectivesapprovesarrivesbelievescalvescaveschivesclovescravescurvesdeceivesdeservesdetectivesdissolvesdivesdovesdriveseaveselvesevesevolvesexecutivesexpletivesexplosivesfivesforgivesfugitivesgivesglovesgravesgrievesgroovesgroveshalvesheaveshiveshoovesimperativesimprovesincentivesinvolvesknaveskniveslaxitivesleaveslivesloaveslovesmotivesmovesnativesnegativesnervesobjectivesobservesoctavesolivesourselvespavespeevesperceivespositivespossessivespreservesprimitivesprovesravesreceivesrelativesrelievesrelivesremovesrepresentativesreservesresolvesretrievesrevivesrevolvesrovessavesscarvessedativesselvesservesshavessheavesshelvesshovessievesslavessleevessolvesstarvesstovesstrivesswervesthievesthriveswaveswiveswolves
Some words with fe to ves?
Some words end in -fe, e.g knife (that is in singular) but when you turn it to a plural you write knives.
What is the plural form for words ending in f or ef?
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.
How do you spell wolf in plural?
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
What is the plural of the noun thiefs?
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).
What are some words that drop f and add ves?
Some words that drop 'f' and add 'ves' to form their plural are: wolf (wolves), life (lives), leaf (leaves), knife (knives), and thief (thieves).
Do you add es or s for sheaf?
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.
What nouns change from F to VES in the plural?
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
What words that end with fe?
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.
Why do some words ending in f or fe become plural by adding ves or s?
Because that's the way it is and it can't be changed.
What are words that end with f but can't change to v e s?
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.
What words end with -s?
Most plural words do.
