Adding s/es to Verbs

Adding s/es to verbs

Verbs with the following endings take -es to make their singulars. Rest all the verbs in English take -s except for verbs ending in -y which take -ies. However, there are verbs that have their own rules. They are only a handful and can easily be found in any good grammar book such as 'Wren and Martin'.

Endings                          Verb                     Verb in singular form

-sh                                  brush                    brushes

-ch                                  teach                    teaches

-ss                                  toss                       tosses

-z                                    quiz                     quizzes

-x                                    fix                       fixes

-o                                    go                       goes

-y                                    fly                       flies

                                       play                     plays (only -s is added if -y is preceded by a vowel)

Note: 

In all the above cases, -es is pronounced as 'iz'

except for -o and -y endings where -es and -ies both are pronounced as 'z'

To know the right pronunciation please listen to the right pronunciation in a good dictionary such as dictionary.cambridge.org or listen to your teacher's pronunciation carefully.

Read More: 

s/es rule - one rule two functions 

Before learning which verbs take 's' and which take 'es',  please go through s/es rule to understand what it actually is. Go to the following link:

https://sangeetgaur.blogspot.com/2022/09/ses-rule-one-rule-two-functions.html

Adding s/es to nouns https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3642690133896392326/6934195320777144423

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