Question

Choose the correct plural form of the given word in the bracket:
___________ are very expensive musical instruments. (Piano)
a. Pianoes
b. Pianos
c. Pianoz
d. Pianoez

Answer 1

Hint: To identify the plural of the given noun, a suffix needs to be added at the end of the given noun, piano. The suffix required in this particular case is “s”.

Complete step-by-step answer:

Here, we are required to identify the plural form of the noun piano. Now we know, most of the words that end in “o” have their plural forms ending in the suffix “-es”, but this is an exception hence we must tread around it carefully. Option a, ends in “-es” and as discussed above there is no such word in the English language, hence it is an incorrect answer. Option b, Pianos is the correct plural form of piano, hence is the correct choice. Option c is again, not a word in the English language. Now, option d, there are absolutely no plural words in English that end in “z” or “-ez”, hence this option cannot even be considered; it can easily be eliminated as it is an incorrect choice. Option B is the correct choice.

Note: In the case of plural forms of nouns, the best way to make sure that one gets the answer right is to know the plural form of as many nouns as possible. Even though there are certain rules that can be applied to certain groups of nouns, but as a whole, there is no fixed use of certain suffixes or prefixes in certain nouns.