Singular and Plural Nouns for beginners

grammatical number

Anything that is just one in quantity is singular. But what if there is more than one? Nouns that are two or more are called plurals! Simple, yes? Let's see!

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"Singular and Plural Nouns" in English Grammar

What Are Singular and Plural Nouns?

When we want to talk about more than one person, animal, place, thing, or idea, we should use plural nouns.

Most plural nouns are formed by adding '-s' to the end of the nouns.

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
cat	cats
boy	boys
cup	cups
pencil	pencils
desk	desks
apple	apples

Spelling

If the singular noun ends in s, x, z, ch, sh, we make the plural form by adding '-es'.

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
church	churches
boss	bosses
dish	dishes
box	boxes
quiz	quizzes

If the singular noun ends in a consonant and then '-y', we make the plural form by deleting the '-y' and adding '-ies'.

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
city	cities
baby	babies

Irregular Nouns

Some nouns have irregular plural forms. For example:

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
man	men
woman	women
child	children
tooth	teeth
foot	feet
fish	fish
sheep	sheep

Nouns

Nouns are among the first lessons when studying a new language. In other words, we have to be able to name things first, then make sentences with them.

Compound Nouns

Compound nouns are formed when two or more words are joined together to create a new word that has an entirely new meaning.

Proper and Common Nouns

Did you know there are two kinds of noun: common nouns and proper nouns. Common nouns refer to general nouns and proper nouns refer to specific nouns.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

It's important to know if a noun is countable or uncountable. This is going to help us to use the correct article. Let's learn more.

Collective Nouns

If we want to represent certain individual nouns as one entity we can make use of collective nouns. In this lesson, you'll learn about their structure and uses.

Possessive Nouns

Possessive structures have many functions like showing ownership or belonging. With the help of apostrophe 's', we can make a possessive noun. Let's start!

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