Singular & Plural Nouns

A singular noun refers to one person, place, thing, or idea. For example, 'cat' is a singular noun.

A plural noun refers to more than one person, place, thing, or idea. For example, 'cats' is a plural noun.

Most nouns form their plural by adding 's' to the end. For example, 'book' becomes 'books'.

The plural form of 'child' is 'children'.

The plural form of 'mouse' is 'mice'.

The plural form of 'goose' is 'geese'.

An example is 'sheep', which remains 'sheep' in both singular and plural.

A collective noun refers to a group of individuals or things considered as a single unit, such as 'team' or 'flock'.

The plural form of 'person' is 'people'.

For nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant, change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'. For example, 'baby' becomes 'babies'.