goats
The plural of "goat" is goats.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and goat follows this rule.
Meaning: an animal with horns, kept for milk and meat (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with goats: the goats are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: goats'.
How do you pronounce it?
goat is pronounced /ɡəʊt/. The plural ending sounds like /s/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. goats 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 goats are climbing the rocks.Singular: The goat is climbing the rocks.
- They keep ten goats on the farm.Singular: They keep one goat on the farm.
