beasts
The plural of "beast" is beasts.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and beast follows this rule.
Meaning: a large or dangerous animal (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with beasts: the beasts are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: beasts'.
How do you pronounce it?
beast is pronounced /biːst/. The plural ending sounds like /s/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. beasts means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The spoken plural ending has three sounds: /s/ after sounds like p, t and k, /ɪz/ after hissing sounds like s and ch and /z/ everywhere else.
Examples in context
- The forest was full of wild beasts.Singular: The forest was home to a wild beast.
- The old story tells of beasts with two heads.Singular: The old story tells of a beast with two heads.
