What is the plural form of 'child'?

• A. child
• B. childes
• C. children
• D. childs

Answer: (C)

Some nouns form plurals irregularly, not by simply adding -s. The word for a young person, child, follows that rule. Its plural is not “childs” or “childes”; those forms aren’t used in standard English. The correct plural is “children,” which shows an internal change to the word and adds the historical plural ending -ren. This kind of change happens in other irregular plurals too, like man/men or mouse/mice. Use “children” for more than one child.