1. SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.

Usually, the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. As babies learn "mom," "dad," or "milk" as their first word, nouns should be the first topic when you study a foreign language.

For the plural form of most nouns, add s.

· bottle – bottles

· cup – cups

· pencil – pencils

· desk – desks

· sticker – stickers

· window – windows

For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es.

· box – boxes

· watch – watches

· moss – mosses

· bus – buses

For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es.

· wolf – wolves

· wife – wives

· leaf – leaves

· life – lives

Some nouns have different plural forms.

· child – children

· woman – women

· man – men

· mouse – mice

· goose – geese

Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules.

· baby – babies

· toy – toys

· kidney – kidneys

· potato – potatoes

· memo – memos

· stereo – stereos

A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.

· sheep – sheep

· deer – deer

· series – series

· species – species

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English plural nouns

In order to change a singular noun to its plural form in English, you usually add "s". For example, the plural of book is books. The plural of table is tables. These are regular plurals.

But there are many nouns which don't follow this rule. For example the plural of fish is fish. The plural of tooth is teeth. These are irregular plurals

Regular plurals:

Form:

Add "s" to the noun:

While many plural nouns follow this rule, the spelling sometimes differ.

Examples:

Spelling of plurals:

The plural form of most nouns is created simply by adding the letter "s".

· more than one snake = snakes

· more than one girl = girls

· more than one window = windows

Nouns that end in -ch, x, s, z or s-like sounds, however, will require an es for the plural:

· more than one witch = witches

· more than one box = boxes

· more than one gas = gases

· more than one bus = buses

· more than one kiss = kisses

Nouns that end in a vowel + y take the letter s:

· more than one boy = boys

· more than one way = ways

Nouns that end in a consonant + y drop the y and take ies:

· more tha one baby = babies

· more than one lorry = lorries

A lot of nouns that end in o take es in the plural:

· more than potato = potatoes

· more than one hero = heroes

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Some nouns ending in o break the above rule and get os in the plural form:

Other nouns ending in o get either os or oes i the plural forms:

Plurals of nouns that end in f or fe usually change the f sound to a v sound and add s or -es.

· more than one knife = knives

· more than one leaf = leaves

· more than one hoof = hooves

· more than one life = lives

· more than one self = selves

· more than one elf = elves

Irregular plurals:

There are several nouns that have irregular plural forms.

Plurals formed in this way are sometimes called irregular plurals or mutated (or mutating) plurals.

· more than one child = children

· more than one woman = women

· more than one man = men

· more than one person = people

· more than one goose = geese

· more than one mouse = mice

· more than one barracks = barracks

· more than one deer = deer

Other irregular plural forms include the following:

Some foreign nouns retain their plural. (Note that some of them adapted the s of the English plural form!)

Nouns ending in us get a, i or the s of the English plural:

Nouns ending in um get a, i or the s of the English plural:

Nouns ending in ex or ix get ices or get the s of the English plural:

Nouns ending in is becoming es in plural:

Nouns ending in -on becoming -a:

Nouns that are always singular:

A handful of nouns appear to be plural in form but take a singular verb:

· The news is bad.

· Gymnastics is fun to watch.

· Economics/mathematics/statistics is said to be difficult.

Some nouns never take the s of the plural and are always singular:

· your luggage / baggage is so heavy

· I'd like to buy new furniture for the house

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