Unit
2
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
REVIEW
A singular noun refers to one person, place, animal or thing.
A plural noun refers to two or more people, places, animals or things.
Review these.
Plural nouns are formed in the following ways:
(a) By adding ‘s’ to singular nouns
door
girl
paper
doors
girls
papers
table
chair
road
tables
chairs
roads
(b) By adding ‘es’ to singular nouns ending in ‘s’, ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘o’ or ‘x’
class
watch
brush
classes
watches
brushes
mango
box
mangoes
boxes
(c) By changing ‘y’ to ‘ies’ for singular nouns which end in ‘y’
city
story
baby
cities
stories
babies
party
century
gantry
parties
centuries
gantries
(d) By adding ‘s’ to some singular nouns which end with a vowel and
a ‘y’
donkey
valley
boy
donkeys
valleys
boys
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toy
monkey
key
toys
monkeys
keys
(e) By changing ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to ‘ves’ for singular nouns which end in ‘f’ or
‘fe’
thief
wolf
half
knife
thieves
wolves
halves
knives
calf
shelf
loaf
wife
calves
shelves
loaves
wives
(f) By adding ‘s’ and not ‘es’ to certain singular nouns ending in ‘o’
piano radio
solo
pianos
radios
solos
momento
halo
studio
momentos
halos
studios
(g) By adding letters to singular nouns or changing the letters in the
nouns
child
ox
tooth
children
oxen
teeth
die
foot
goose
dice
feet
geese
(h) Some nouns are always plural in form:
scissors spectacles
shears
scissors
spectacles
shears
trousers
pants
pyjamas
trousers
pants
pyjamas
(i) Some nouns do not change in the plural form:
deer
sheep salmon
deer
sheep
salmon
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aircraft
moose
trout
aircraft
moose
trout