Question

Identify the plural form of the noun given in bracket:
The tennis player showered many _________ on the trophy cup. (kiss)

• A. kiss'
• B. kiss's
• C. kiss'es
• D. kisses

Answer 1

The correct option is D kisses

Options A, B and C are incorrect as none of them are the plural form of the word-kiss. It may also be noted that all of them have an apostrophe which is not normally present in plural words.

The plural form of nouns ending with -ch, -s, -sh, -x, etc is formed by suffixing "es" to the noun. Here the noun kiss, ends with -s. Hence, its plural form is: kisses. Option D is the correct answer.