Singular And Plural Nouns
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A Plural noun names
Two or more Persons, Places, Things, or Ideas.
- Two cats,
- Four stores,
- Fifteen items
Let’s Understand How Do We Form Plural Nouns
1. For most singular nouns, we add ‘S’
For Instance:
a. Teacher – Teacher(s)
b. Students – Student(s)
c. Book – Book(s)
2. For nouns ending with s, x, z, sh, or ch, add es.
For Instance:
a. Gas – Gas(es)
b. Dish – Dish(es)
c. Church – Church(es)
3. For nouns ending with a consonant and y, change the y to I and add es. For nouns ending with a vowel and y, add s.
For Instance:
a. Army – Arm(ies)
b. Boy – Boy(s)
c. Sky – Sk(ies)
4. For nouns ending with f or fe, add s. Also for some nouns change the f to v and add s or es. (For more accuracy you will have to memorize the spellings)
For Instance:
a. Belief – Belief(s)
b. Roof – Roof(s)
c. Life – Li(ves)
In the Next Part You’re Gonna Find Nouns More Tricky
5. For nouns that end with o, add s or es. These Nouns do not have any definite rule.
For Instance:
a. Radio – Radio(es)
b. Zoo – Zoo(s)
c. Potato – Potato(es)
6. Some nouns have irregular plural forms. For these, you will have to memorize the spelling.
For Instance:
a. Child – Child(ren)
b. Tooth – T(ee)th
c. Man – M(e)n
7. There are some nouns that only have plural forms
For Instance:
a. Savings
b. Dues
c. Jeans
8. There are some nouns that end with ‘s’ but are considered singular
For Instance:
a. News
b. Dues
c. Economics
9. Letters, numbers, symbols, and words used as words are made plural by adding an apostrophe (‘) and s.
For Instance:
a. A – A(‘s)
b. 25 – 25(‘s)
c. # – #(‘s)
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