Noun - Singular and Plural Notes-1

Noun - Singular and Plural Notes-1

Nouns - Singular and Plural:

Tina : Mom, Can I have a new pencil for my exam?

Mother : Yes Tina, you can have not only one pencil but eight pencils.

Tina : Mom, why have you used the words pencil and pencils?

Mother : Tina, when we talk about one person or thing it is singular and when we talk about more than one it is plural.

Tina : Singular and Plural? Mom, can you please explain it

Mother : Sure Tina, I will.

Singular and Plural Nouns:

Singular nouns are nouns that name a person, a place or a thing.

                     

                   

They are all singular nouns.

Plural nouns are nouns that name more than one person, place, or thing.

             

          

They are all plural nouns.

1. Some singular nouns can be changed to their plural form by adding 's' at the end of the word.

                     

              

             

        

2. Singular nouns ending with hissing sounds like s, ss, x, sh, or ch can be changed to their plural form by adding ‘es’ at the end of the word.

               

             

        

       

3. Singular nouns ending in ‘y’ (consonant before ‘y’) can be changed to their plural form by replacing  ‘y’ by ‘ies’.

                 

           

            

4. Singular nouns ending in ‘y’ (vowel before ‘y’) can be changed to their plural form by adding ‘s’ at the end of the word.

          

       

                      

Practice Exercise

1. The plural form of chimney is: ____

2. The plural form of watch is: ____

3. The plural form of cherry is: ____

4. The plural form of peach is: ____

5. The plural form of witch is: ____

Answers:

1. Chimneys

2. Watches

3. Cherries

4. Peaches

5. Witches

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