Question

Identify the plural form of the following word: city
a)Cities
b)Citys
c)Citiez
d)None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Whenever a singular noun ends in -y and the letter before -y is a consonant then, the -y is removed and a suffix is added.

Complete step by step answer:
City is a singular noun ending with consonant -y and the preceding -y is a constant too therefore, according to the rule, suffix -ies will replace -y. Hence, the plural of the word city would be city - -y + -ies i.e. cities. The correct answer is a, cities.

Option b citys is wrong. It is an incorrect spelling. The words ending with y and y preceding a constant used the rule mentioned above.

Option c citiez is incorrect too as there is no such word in the English language. Option d, none of the above is invalid as we have already found the correct answer in the above given options.


Note: 1) Any word ending with -y preceded by consonant is changed to plural by removing the -y and then adding -ies.
2) Do not confuse citiez for cities because of the slight z sound in the pronunciation.