Singular And Plural Noun
Definition:
Singular:
When a noun refers to one person, animal or thing, we say that the noun is in singular.
Plural:
When a noun refers to more than one person, animal or thing, we say that the noun is in plural.
Example:
i)Some singular nouns form their plurals by adding -s at the end
dog-dogs
cat-cats
house-houses
table-tables
ii)Some singular nouns end with -ch, -sh, -ss and -x form their plural nouns by adding -es.
Dish-Dishes
Glass-Glasses
bunch-bunches
bus-buses
box-boxes
iii)Some singular nouns end with -o from their plurals by adding 'es'.
Potato-Potatoes
Hero-Heroes
Note:
The nouns piano and photo do not follow this rule. They from their plural nouns by adding
-s, that is pianos and photos
iv)Some singular nouns that end in -f and -fe, the -f or -fe is changed into -v and -es is added.
leaf-leaves
knife-knives
v)Some singular nouns end with -y the -y changed into -i and add 'es'.
Army-Armies
Baby-Babies
vi)Some singular nouns end with any vowel with -y. Adding -s they get their plural nouns.
Boy-Boys
Toys-Toys
Note:
The nouns chief, dwarf, root, hoof, proof and gulf do not follow the rules. They get their plural noun by adding -s. So we say ,chiefs, dwarfs (also dwarves), roofs, hoofs (also hooves),proofs and gulfs.
vii)There are some nouns that do not follow any of the above rules
1.Child-Children
2.Man-Men
3.Tooth-Teeth
4.Mouse-Mice
Note:
The nouns fish and fruit remain the same both in singular and plural, unless
used to mean different types of fish or different types of fruit.
For example,
1.The ocean is full of fishes.
2.The fruit salad was made up of different kinds of fruits.
Singular Plural
One deer Three deer
One sheep Ten sheep
One moose Six moose
One bison two bison
One spacecraft five spacecraft
One aircraft Two aircraft
One salmon Ten salmon
One fish Seven fish
Q.1.Now, write the plural noun of all these nouns.
1.Pan-Pans
2.Boot-Boots
3.Booth-Booths
4.Kiss-Kisses
5.Hat-Hats
6.Mother-Mothers
7.Church-Churches
8.Class-Classes
9.Mango-Mangoes
10.Zero-Zeros
11.Torch-Torches
12.Uniform - Uniforms
13.Owner-Owners
14.Month-Months
15.Mosquito-Mosquitoes
16.Wish-Wishes
17.Boss-Bosses
18.Buffalo-Buffaloes
19.Bench-Benches
20.Place-Places
21.Hero-Heroes
Q.2.Write the plural of these nouns.
1.Pony-Ponies
2.City-Cities
3.Joy-Joys
4.Wife-Wives
5.Country-Countries
6.Lady-Ladies
7.Valley-Valleys
8.Calf-Calves
9.Half-Halves
10.Diary-Diaries
11.Loaf-Loafs
12.Fairy-Fairies
13.Donkey-Donkeys
14.Shelf-Shelves
15.Wolf-Wolves
16.Ray-Rays
17.Story-Stories
18.Thief-Thieves
Q.3.Rewrite the sentence and write plural form of the highlighted words.
1.The elf hid behind the bush.
Ans: The elves hid behind the bushes.
2.The child is preparing for the examination.
Ans: The children are preparing for the examinations.
3.Put the toy in the box.
Ans: Put the toys in the boxes.
4.Put the book in the shelf.
Ans: Put the books in the shelves.
5.The thief was caught by a man.
Ans: The thieves were caught by men.
6.I love strawberry, cherry, banana and mango.
Ans: I love strawberries, cherries, bananas and mangoes.
7.The puppy is playing with the kitten.
Ans: The puppies are playing with the kittens.
8.We saw a monkey, bear, deer, fox, wolf and camel in the zoo.
Ans: We saw monkeys, bears, deer, foxes, wolves and camels in the zoo.
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