Singular and Plural Nouns
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Singular and Plural Nouns
| A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Usually, the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. As babies learn "mom," "dad," or "milk" as their first word, nouns should be the first topic when you study a foreign language. For the plural form of most nouns, add s.
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For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es.
- box – boxes
- watch – watches
- moss – mosses
- bus – buses
For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es.
- wolf – wolves
- wife – wives
- leaf – leaves
- life – lives
Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules.
- baby – babies
- toy – toys
- kidney – kidneys
- potato – potatoes
- memo – memos
- stereo – stereos
For some nouns the Plural is different, and those are called Irregular Plurals
Some nouns have different plural forms.
- child – children
- woman – women
- man – men
- mouse – mice
- goose – geese
A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.
- sheep – sheep
- deer – deer
- series – series
- species – species
1. Write the plural form of the words:
a. leaf leaves
b. flower
c. child
d. bank
e. university
f. car
g. tooth
h. city
i. boy
j. student
k. person
l. wife
m. box
n. foot
o. bus