SINGULAR AND PLURAL

SINGULAR NOUN AND PLURAL NOUN

• SINGULAR NOUN

         ~When a noun means one only, it is said to be SINGULAR

             e.g. ball, house, cat, boy,cupboard.

         ~A Singular Noun refers to one person, one animal,one thing or one place.

• PLURAL NOUN

         ~When a noun means more than one, it is said to be PLURAL

            e.g. balls, houses, cats, boys,cupboards

         ~ A Plural Noun refers to more than one thing,one animal, one person or one place.

Some examples of SINGULAR and PLURAL nouns.

SINGULAR NOUNS	PLURAL NOUNS
A ball	Two balls
A girl	Four girls
A cat	Three cats
A shop	Five shops
An aeroplane	Two aeroplanes
An apple	Six apples

We form plurals by following the rules below:

Plural Nouns formed by adding 's'			Plural Nouns formed by adding 's' to some nouns ending in 'o'
axe	axes
book	books		albino	albinos
boy	boys		bamboo	bamboos
bird	birds		folio	folios
cup	cups		kangaroo	kangaroos
horse	horses		memento	mementos
house	houses		photo	photos
pencil	pencils		piano	pianos
spoon	spoons		radio	radios
school	schools		solo	solos

Adding 'es' to nouns ending in 's', 'sh','ch','x','z', and 'o'
bus	buses
gas	gases
class	classes
brush	brushes
dish	dishes
bush	bushes
bench	benches
lunch	lunches
watch	watches
box	boxes
fox	foxes
quiz	quizes
tomato	tomatoes
mango	mangoes
volcano	volcanoes

Changing 'y' to 'ies'			Changing 'f' or 'fe' to 'ves'
baby	babies		calf	calves
berry	berries		half	halves
city	cities		leaf	leaves
copy	copies		loaf	loaves
fly	flies		thief	thives
library	libraries		knife	knives
lorry	lorries		life	lives
lady	ladies		shelf	shelves
study	studies		wife	wives
theory	theories		wolf	wolves

Adding 's' to nouns ending in 'y', and 'f'
toy	toys
key	keys
boy	boys
donkey	donkeys
chimney	chimneys
day	days
tray	trays
essay	essays
roof	roofs
hoof	hoofs
dwarf	dwarfs
chef	chefs
chief	chiefs
handkerchief	handkerchiefs
golf	golfs

Changing the inside vowels			Nouns that have the same form in singular or plural
man	men		sheep	sheep
woman	women		deer	deer
mouse	mice		fish	fish
tooth	teeth		gold	gold
foot	feet		cotton	cotton
oasis	oases		scissors	scissors
goose	geese		shears	shears
axis	axes		trousers	trousers
louse	lice		wheat	wheat
medium	media		pants	pants

Adding 'en'
child	children
ox	oxen

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