Singular and Plural Nouns

SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS GRAMMARTIPS

1. Countable nouns can be in the form of singular or .Plural nouns are divided into 2 groups:

plural. () regular plurals (i) irregular plurals

2. A singular noun refers to only one person or thing. .ForIrregular Plurals

3. A plural noun refers to more than one person or (i) For some nouns, the vowel is changedto
make them plural.
thing
(i) Some nouns are the same, whether in
Examples
singular or plural.
Singular Nouns
(ii) Some nouns have no form.

Plural Nouns

Cat doll AA
Cats dolls

FORMING PLURAL NoUNS

. Plural Nouns are formed from Singular Nouns in the following ways:

By adding 's'to the singular nouns

Singular Plural Singular Plural

ball balls dancer dancers
onions
day days onion

girl girls ruler rulers

book books house houses
rabbit rabbits
yedr cottage cottages
years
frog carrot carrots
frogs
Song pencil pencils
songs
peacock peacocks

By adding 'es' to singular nouns ending with 's, 'ss', 'sh', 'ch' and x.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

dish dishes church churches

bus buses brush brushes

dress dresses bush bushes

Octopus Octopuses watch watches

sandwich sandwiches class classes
boxes
branch branchesS box

glass glasses gas gases

coach COacheS fox foxes

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tosome singular nouns ending in 'o'

Byadding's' Plural Singular Plural

Singular pianos zero zeros
piono
bamboos photo photos
bamboo
kangarooS
banjo banjos kangaroo
kimonos
studio studios kimono
radios
video VIdeos radio

By adding 'es' to some singular nouns ending in 'o'. Singular

Singular Plural tornado Plural

tomato tomatoes mosquito tornadoes
mosqutoe
Cargo cargoes

buffalo buffaloes hero heroes

echo echoes potato potatoes

volcano volcanoes mango mangoes

By changing 'y' to" andadding 'es' if the nounends in 'y' and there is a consonant beforem

Singular Plural Singular Plural

baby babies Candy candies
puppy
cherry puppies diary diaries
cherries lady
ladies

story stories lorry lorries

butterfly butterflies strawberry strawberries

By adding 's'to the singular noun if the noun ends in 'y' and there is a vowel betore tne
Singular Plural
Singular Plural

key keys Way Ways
day days
toy toys
boy boys monkey
monkeys
By changing f or fe' into 'ves' Singular
Singular Plural
Plural knife
hoof knives
leaf leaves calf
hooves
thief thieves
calves
Wolf wolves

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B y adding 's' to nouns ending with f and 'fe'.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

roof roofs handkerchief handkerchiefs

chef chefs dwarf dwarfs

cliff cliffs giraffe giraffes

.By adding 'en' or 'ren'to the singular noun.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

OX Oxen child children

By changing the inside vowel. Plural
mice
Singular Plural Singular

man men mouse

Woman women tooth teeth

goose geese foot feet

policeman policemen louse lice

Some nouns do not change at all. The plural form is the same as the singular form.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

sheep sheep cannon Cannon

news news furniture furniture

deer deer salmon salmon

Some nouns are used in plural form only. Plural

Singular Plural Singular shears
clothes
scissorss scissors shears
clothes Pyjamas
shorts shorts
Pyjamas goggles
spectacles spectacles goggles
tongs tongs
trousers trousers
pliers goggles
pliers pliers

spectacles

Scissors

shorts trousers tongs

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