Plural Nouns: Formation, Rules and Examples

 Plural Nouns: Formation, Rules and Examples

There are two kinds of Noun Numbers:

1) SINGULAR NOUNS

2) PLURAL NOUNS

1) SINGULAR NOUN:

A noun that denotes one person, place or thing is called singular noun.

EXAMPLES:

Cup, class, bench, army, knife, foot, et cetera...

2) PLURAL NOUN:

A noun that denotes more than one person, place, or thing is called plural noun.

EXAMPLES:

Cups, classes, benches, armies, knives, feet, et cetera...

FORMATION OF PLURAL NOUNS FROM SINGULAR NOUNS:

a) By adding '-s' in the end of singular nouns, and singular nouns which possess consonant in last alphabet of word.

EXAMPLES OF PLURAL NOUNS:

SINGULAR NOUNS---------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Cow-----------------------------------------------cows

fan-------------------------------------------------fans

hill-------------------------------------------------hills

b) Nouns which end in 'y' and before 'y', a vowel comes then it'll be plural by adding 's' in the end of the singular nouns.

EXAMPLES:

SINGULAR NOUNS--------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Day-----------------------------------------------days

key------------------------------------------------keys

toy-------------------------------------------------toys

c) Singular nouns can be plural nouns by adding 'es' in the end of the words ending with 's', 'es', 'sh', 'ss' 'ch', 'x' or 'z'.

EXAMPLES:

SINGULAR NOUNS--------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Glass---------------------------------------------glasses

dish-----------------------------------------------dishes

bench---------------------------------------------benches

box------------------------------------------------boxes

d) Words ending with 'o' will be plural by adding 'es' in the end of the word.

EXAMPLES:

SINGULAR NOUNS--------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Mango-------------------------------------------mangoes

potato-------------------------------------------potatoes

e) Words ending with 'y' and before 'y' consonant comes then it'll be plural by adding 'ies' and by cutting 'y' from the end of singular noun.

EXAMPLES:

SINGULAR NOUNS---------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Baby----------------------------------------------babies

army----------------------------------------------armies

lady-----------------------------------------------ladies

f) Plural nouns are made by adding 'ves' in the of the word by removing 'f', 'fe' from the end of the singular nouns.

EXAMPLES:

SINGULAR NOUNS--------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Calf----------------------------------------------calves

half----------------------------------------------halves

life-----------------------------------------------lives.

SPECIAL CASES:

g)  Some singular nouns ending with 'o' are pluralized by adding 's' instead of 'es'.

EXAMPLES:

SINGULAR NOUNS--------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Photo--------------------------------------------photos

piano--------------------------------------------pianos

h) Some singular nouns ending with 'f','fe' are pluralized by adding 's' instead of 'ves'

EXAMPLES:

SINGULAR NOUNS--------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Chief---------------------------------------------chiefs

hoof----------------------------------------------hoofs

roof----------------------------------------------roofs

i) Some nouns are pluralized by replacing the middle vowels of words.

EXAMPLES:

SINGULAR NOUNS---------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Man-----------------------------------------------men

woman--------------------------------------------women

foot------------------------------------------------feet

tooth----------------------------------------------teeth

j) Some nouns are pluralized by adding 'i' in the end of the word by removing 'us' of the end of the words.

EXAMPLES:

SINGULAR NOUNS--------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Syllabus------------------------------------------syllabi

radius---------------------------------------------radii

IRREGULAR PLURALS:

SINGULAR NOUNS--------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Mouse-------------------------------------------mice

louse--------------------------------------------lice

ox-----------------------------------------------oxen

child--------------------------------------------children

formula-----------------------------------------formulae.

SOME ARE SINGULAR AND PLURALS ARE SAME:

SINGULAR NOUNS---------------------------PLURAL NOUNS

Sheep---------------------------------------------sheep

fish------------------------------------------------fish

hair-----------------------------------------------hair

EXERCISE:

a) Change into plurals

i) hill               ii) tray                     iii) witch          iv)wolf

v) fish

b) Change into Singular

i) Dishes          ii) tomatoes              iii) allies          iv) reliefs

v) sheep.

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