The document discusses singular and plural nouns in English. It provides rules for making nouns plural, including adding "s", "es", or "ies" depending on the noun. It lists common irregular plural nouns that do not follow these rules, such as "man/men" and "mouse/mice". Examples are given to demonstrate singular and plural forms. The document concludes with exercises for learners to practice forming plurals based on given nouns.
2. NOUNS
A noun is a Word that can be a person, place, thing, animal, idean or event.
Nouns simple
when we are talking about: one person, animal, place or thing.
• The boy had a baseball in his hand.
• My horse prefers to wear an English saddle.
• That cat never seems to tire of jumping in and out of the box.
• You stole my idea and didn’t give me any credit.
• Your mom is going to be upset about that broken lamp.
4. Nouns plural
A plural nouns names more that one personal, animal, place, thing or idea.
• Our horses are much happier wearing lightweight English saddles.
• Those cats never seem to tire of chasing one another in and out of those boxes.
• You stole my ideas and didn’t give me any credit.
• Our moms are going to be upset that we stayed out all night going to parties.
• It’s not too difficult to grow trees as long as you provide them with plenty of
water.
5. SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
• The difference between singular and plural nouns is easy to spot. When a noun indicates
one only, it is a singular noun. When a noun indicates more than one, it is plural.
When you write about more than one of anything, you usually use the same word, simply
adding an s, es, or ies to the end. There are a few exceptions.
FIRST RULE
Add = s (most nouns)
-Cars - Songs
-Days - Pencils
-Streets - Chairs
- Boards
SECOND RULE
Add = es
Tomatoes
Foxes -Whatches
Buzzes
whishes
Buses
Exception: (o)
6. THIRD RULE
Add = ies (Termina en Y
prec. consonante)
- Ladies
- Activities
- Parties
- Babies
FOURTH RULE
Add = Ves (Termina en F – FE )
- Wife wives Exception:
- Thief thieves
- Life. lives
FIFTH RULE
Irregular plurals (No rules
)
- Man Men
- Woman. Women
- Mouse Mice
- Child Children
- Fish Fish
- Sheep. Sheep
- Person People
SIXTH RULE
Plural singular (No rules)
- Series
- Means
- Species
7. PRACTICE
1. Transform each of the following words into plurals:
• Day
• Tax
• Taxi
• Lady
• Mountain
2. Choose the correct plural for each of the words that follows:
1. Choice
a. Choices b. Choices c. Choiceies
2. Box
a.Boxs b. Boxies c. Boxes
3. Thief
a.Thiefies a. Thiefs c. Thieves
4. Army
a.Armys b. Armies c. Army
5. Owl
a.Owls b. Owlies c. Owelds
8. Choose the best word to fit into each of the following sentences:
• The men sharpened their _____________ before throwing them at the targets.
A – knife B – knifes C – knives
• Please eat the rest of your _____________.
A – pease B – Peas C – Peies
• I’d like you to stop leaving your ________________ on the floor.
A – Socks B – Sockses C – Sox
• We saw a lot of _________________ at the park.
A – Deers B – Deeries C – Deer
• This recipe calls for a lot of _____________.
A – Tomatos B – Tomatoes C – Tomaties
