Select the correct plural noun from the given singular form of the noun:
They say there are ______ in this village. (witch)
a) witch’s
b) witches’
c) witches
d) witch

Hint: Nouns can be converted into plural form by adding ‘-s’ or ‘-es’. They usually do not contain apostrophes.

Complete answer:
 It is important to differentiate between singular and plural nouns. A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or, idea, while a plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, and, idea.

A plural noun indicates that there is more than one of that noun. Usually, singular nouns are made plural by simply adding ‘-s’ or ‘-es’ at the end.
For example, the noun ‘cat’ implies that there is only one cat. It can be made plural by just adding ‘-s’ at the end, i.e. ‘cats’. Likewise, the noun ‘ditch’ can be made plural by adding ‘-es’ at the end, i.e. ‘ditches’.

However, there are some exceptions like ‘fish’ and ‘sheep’ which stay the same in their plural and singular forms.

Now, let’s look at our available options:
option (a), witch’s - This is an incorrect option, because it has an apostrophe on a singular noun. Plural nouns don’t contain apostrophes in the given context.
option (b), witches’ - This is also an incorrect option, because it has an apostrophe on a plural noun. The apostrophe does not fit into the given sentence.
option (c), witches - This word is the plural form of ‘witch’. This word is constructed by adding a simple ‘-es’ to the end of ‘witch’. So, this is the correct option.
option (d), witch - This is a singular noun and therefore, is an incorrect option.
Hence option (c) is correct.