This ppt comprises of detailed explanation about singular and plural noun. Its definition, examples, rules and practice exercise is fully explained

1. SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUN:
PART - 5

2. Singular
noun :
It means
only one.

3. Singular noun :

4. Plural noun :
It means more than one
ie two, three, four, five,
six etc…..

5. Plural Noun :

6. 6 RULES TO CHANGE FROM SINGULAR FORM TO
PLURAL NOUN:
1. By adding “s”
boat boats
house houses
cat cats
river rivers

7. 2. A singular ending in “s”, “x”, “z”, “ch”, “sh” makes the plural
noun by ending in “es”.For words that end in z, add an extra “z”
before “es”
grass grasses
box boxes
quiz quizzes
switch switches
dish dishes

8. 3. Nouns ending in f or fe just add “ves”.
knife knives
wolf wolves
life lives
wife wives

9. 4. Unique old english plural nouns :
a man men
a woman women
a person people
a child children
a brother brothers
a tooth teeth
a foot feet
a mouse mice

10. 5. Many nouns have identical forms for both singular and plural:
a sheep sheep
a deer deer
music music
means means

11. 6. Most nouns ending in “o” take the ending “es”.
potato potatoes
volcano volcanoes
tomato tomatoes
hero heroes

12. PRACTICE EXERCISE :
Write the correct plural for each word :

13. paper papers
car cars
doctor doctors
class classes
fox foxes
church churches
fish fishes

14. shelf shelves
leaf leaves
species species
volcano volcanoes
group groups
flower flowers
brush brushes