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Singular and Plural
1. Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular – one
Plural – more than one ; two or more
In general, to form Plural nouns from singular nouns, add –s or es at the end of
the noun.
Examples:
bag – bags bird – birds watch - watches
hand – hands house – houses box - boxes
pen – pens match – matches church - churches
2. Noun Ending Rule Examples Exemptions
s, x, z, ch, sh, ss add -es bus, fox,
bench,
dress
buses, foxes,
benches,
dresses,
ox - oxen,
quiz - quizzes
o preceded by a
consonant
add -es tomato,
potato
tomatoes, potatoes piano -pianos,
photo - photos,
logo - logos
o preceded by a
vowel
add -s zoo, radio, tattoo zoos, radios, tattoos
y preceded by a
consonant
change y to i
and add -es
baby, lady babies, ladies
y preceded by a
vowel
add -s day, toy days, toys
f, ff, add -s belief, cliff,
cuff, roof
beliefs, cliffs,
cuffs, roofs half – halves
loaf – loaves
thief - thievesfe change -f e to
-v and add -es
knife,
life,
wife
knives,
lives,
wives
3. Singular Plural
cod cod
deer deer
fish fish
Singular Plural
swine swine
series series
sheep sheep
Nouns with the same spelling of singular and plural forms
Nouns with different spellings of singular and plural
Singular Plural
crisis crises
goose geese
louse lice
mouse mice
phenomenon phenomena
Singular Plural
child children
tooth teeth
foot feet
man men
woman women
4. Singular Nouns with two plural form spellings
Singular Plural
brother brothers, brethren
buffalo buffalos, buffaloes
dwarf dwarfs, dwarves
Nouns plural in form
but singular meaning
Noun
Philippines
billiards
diabetes
mathematics
politics
news
Nouns composed of parts
in pair
Nouns
jeans
pants
shoes
eyeglasses
scissors
shorts
socks
6. 1. spoon
2. story
3. factory
4. city
5. princess
6. rock
7. pie
8. town
9. dish
10.butterfly
11.chimney
12.bush
13.glass
14.lamp
15.fly
16.wish
17.monkey
18.punch
19.store
20.couch
21.movie
22.place
23.leaf
24.grocery
25.prince
Write the plural form of the nouns below.
