NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL
WE LEARN THE BASIC DIFFERENT TYPES OF THE NOUNS. NOUNS TELL ABOUT THE NUMBER OF THINGS THEY NAME.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUN?
SINGLE MEANS JUST ONE THING, PERSON, PLACE. A NOUN NAMES ANY ONE THING, PERSON OR PLACE CALLED SINGULAR NOUN.
FOR EXAMPLE – A BALLON, A BOY, AN ELEPHANT, GLASS
PLURAL MEANS MORE THAN ONE. A NOUN NAMES MORE THAN ONE THINGS, PERSONS, AND PLACES CALLED PLURAL NOUN.
FOR EXAMPLE – RIVERS, BODIES, BENCHES, TOYS, GIRLS.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF CHANGING SINGULAR NOUN TO PLURAL NOUN?
- WE CAN ADD ‘-S’ TO MOST NOUNS TO FORM PLURALS.
EXAMPLES:
SINGULAR FORM PLURAL FORM
CLOCK CLOCKS
BOOK BOOKS
FRIEND FRIENDS
PENCIL PENCILS
FLOWER FLOWERS
QUILL QUILLS
- WE CAN ADD ‘-ES’ TO SOME NOUNS THAT END IN ‘O’, ‘S’, ‘SS’, ‘CH’, AND ‘X’ TO FORM THEIR PLURALS.
EXAMPLES:
SINGULAR FORM PLURAL FORM
ZERO ZEROS
HERO HEROS
POTATO POTATOES
GLASS GLASSES
INCH INCHES
BUT PIANO, PHOTO, AND RADIO BECOME PIANOS, PHOTOS, AND RADIOS RESPECTIVELY.
- NOUNS THAT END IN ‘-Y’. IN THEIR ALSO TWO TYPES OF FORM
1 ) IF THE LETTER BEFORE ‘Y’ IS A CONSONANT, CHANGE ‘Y’ TO ‘-I’ AND ADD ‘-ES’.
EXAMPLES:
BABY BABIES
CITY CITIES
2 ) IF THE LETTER BEFORE ‘Y’ IS A VOWEL, JUST ADD ‘-S’.
EXAMPLES:
KEY KEYS
BOY BOYS
- WE CAN FORM PLURALS OF NOUNS ENDING IN ‘-F’ OR ‘-FE ‘ BY CHANGING THE ‘-F’ OR ‘-FE’ TO ‘-VES’.
EXAMPLES:
WOLF WOLVES
LIFE LIVES
- WE CAN FORM PLURALS OF SOME NOUNS BY CHANGING ONE OR MORE VOWELS IN THEM.
EXAMPLES:
MAN MEN
TOOTH TEETH
FOOT FEET
- THE PLURAL OF SOME NOUNS ARE THE SAME THAT OF THE SINGULAR.
EXAMPLES:
SHEEP SHEEP
DEER DEER
HAIR HAIR
IMPORTANT NOTE:
THE FOLLOWING WORDS CHANGE IN THE PLURAL AS GIVEN.
SINGULAR PLURAL
IS/AM ARE
WAS WERE
HAS HAVE
THIS THESE
THAT THOSE
NOW WE HAVE TO REMEMBER JUST THESE THINGS TO FORM SINGULAR TO PLURAL AS PER THE LETTERS.
- JUST ADD ‘-S’
- ADD ‘-ES’ TO ‘‘O’ , ‘S’, ‘SS’, ‘CH’, AND ‘X’.
- CHANGE ‘Y’ TO ‘-I’ OR ‘-ES’ OR ‘S’.
- CHANGE THE ‘-F’ OR ‘-FE’ TO ‘-VES’.
- CHANGE ONE OR MORE VOWELS.
- SOME REMAINS SAME.
NOW LET’S DO SOME EXERCISE TO LEARN MORE.
WRITE PLURAL FORM :
- WE CAN FORM PLURALS OF NOUNS ENDING IN ‘-F’ OR ‘-FE ‘ BY CHANGING THE ‘-F’ OR ‘-FE’ TO ‘-VES’.
EXAMPLES:
WOLF WOLVES
LIFE LIVES
- WE CAN FORM PLURALS OF SOME NOUNS BY CHANGING ONE OR MORE VOWELS IN THEM.
EXAMPLES:
MAN MEN
TOOTH TEETH
FOOT FEET
- WE CAN FORM PLURALS OF SOME NOUNS BY CHANGING ONE OR MORE VOWELS IN THEM.
EXAMPLES:
- THE PLURAL OF SOME NOUNS ARE THE SAME THAT OF THE SINGULAR.
EXAMPLES:
SHEEP SHEEP
DEER DEER
HAIR HAIR
IMPORTANT NOTE:
THE FOLLOWING WORDS CHANGE IN THE PLURAL AS GIVEN.
SINGULAR PLURAL
IS/AM ARE
WAS WERE
HAS HAVE
THIS THESE
THAT THOSE
NOW WE HAVE TO REMEMBER JUST THESE THINGS TO FORM SINGULAR TO PLURAL AS PER THE LETTERS.
- JUST ADD ‘-S’
- ADD ‘-ES’ TO ‘‘O’ , ‘S’, ‘SS’, ‘CH’, AND ‘X’.
- CHANGE ‘Y’ TO ‘-I’ OR ‘-ES’ OR ‘S’.
- CHANGE THE ‘-F’ OR ‘-FE’ TO ‘-VES’.
- CHANGE ONE OR MORE VOWELS.
- SOME REMAINS SAME.
NOW LET’S DO SOME EXERCISE TO LEARN MORE.
WRITE PLURAL FORM :
FILL PLURAL FORM IN THE BLANKS
SEARCH PLURAL FORM OF THE NOUNS
REWRITE THE SENTENCES BY CHANGING THE NOUNS INTO THEIR PLURAL FORMS.