SINGULAR AND PLURAL OF NOUNS QUARTER 1 WEEK 6 SINGULAR NOUN •A singular noun is used to refer to just one person, animal, thing or place. PLURAL NOUN •For two or more people, animals, places, or things, a plural noun is used. •To make a regular noun plural, we add an – s or – es to the end (camel/camels, map/maps; echo/echoes) of the noun. A plural irregular noun has a different ending (hoof/hooves) or spelt differently from the singular noun (tooth/teeth). COMMON ENDINGS OF PLURAL NOUNS: Singular daughter Plural daughters class classes brush brushes watch watches box boxes How the plural is formed By adding –s By adding –es to nouns ending –s By adding –es to nouns ending –sh By adding –es to nouns ending –ch By adding –es to nouns ending –x COMMON ENDINGS OF PLURAL NOUNS: Singular Plural potato potatoes piano pianos baby babies key keys leaf leaves How the plural is formed By adding –es to nouns ending –o By adding –s to nouns ending –o By changing –y to – ies By adding –s to some nouns ending –y By changing –f to – ves COMMON ENDINGS OF PLURAL NOUNS: Singular knife Plural knives roof roofs safe safes tooth ox teeth oxen How the plural is formed By changing –fe to – ves By adding –s to some nouns ending –f By adding –s to some nouns ending –fe By changing vowels By adding –en COMMON ENDINGS OF PLURAL NOUNS: Singular child Plural children deer deer How the plural is formed By adding –ren Some nouns have same singular and plural There are nouns that are always plural. Plural verbs must follow these nouns. Jeans, knickers, pants, pyjamas/pajamas, shorts, tights, trousers, stockings and underpants Pincers, pliers, scissors, shears, tongs Clogs, sandals, slippers, shoes, and sneakers Glasses (spectacles), binoculars, goggles arms, belongings, chopsticks, clothes, congratulations, contents, customs, earnings, goods, outskirts, remains, steps, surroundings, thanks, troops, tropics, wages, wits
