4. COUNT AND UNCOUNT NOUNS
There are two kinds of nouns in English.
Count Nouns
Uncount Nouns
are nouns that you can count.
are nouns that you cannot count.
one chair two chairs
water money
5. COUNT NOUNS
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
For nouns that end with a consonant, add s.
one pig two pigs
6. COUNT NOUNS
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
For most nouns that end with a vowel, add s.
one bee two bees
7. COUNT NOUNS
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
For most nouns that end in o, add s.
one piano two pianos
8. COUNT NOUNS
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
For nouns that end in a consonant and y, the y
becomes ies.
one first lady five first ladies
9. COUNT NOUNS
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
For nouns that end in fe, change the fe to v
and add s.
one knife three knives
10. COUNT NOUNS
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
For nouns that end in sh, ch, x, s, z, add es.
one dress three dresses
11. COUNT NOUNS
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
Some words have no singular form.
scissors
glasses
shorts
To count these nouns, you need to use a pair
of, two pairs of, etc.
12. COUNT NOUNS
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
Some nouns have an
irregular plural.
mouse tooth
mice
teeth
foot
feet
14. UNCOUNT NOUNS
There are a lot of different kinds of uncount nouns. Below
are some examples.
Types of Noncount Nouns Examples
No Distinct Parts milk coffee water
Parts That Are Small rice sugar grass
Categories mail furniture money
Abstractions love advice education
Sports/Recreation soccer chess baseball
Fields of Study grammar music law
Medical Conditions arthritis cancer flu
Note – Noncount nouns take singular verbs.