SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

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Grammar notes

• Singular nouns are used when there is only one thing, people or animal.

• Plural nouns are used when there is more than one thing, people or animal.

Regular nouns add - s

• 1 car - 2 cars

• 1 cat - 2 cats

Ends in s,ch,sh,x or z add -es

• 1 bus - 2 busses

• 1 match - 2 matches

• 1 dish - 2 dishes

• 1 box - 2 boxes

• 1 qiuz - 2 quizzez

Ends in f or fe remove f/ff add -ves

• 1 leaf - 2 leaves

• 1 wolf - 2 wolves

• 1 life - 2 lives

• 1 knife - 2 knives

• Exceptions roof - roofs, cliff - cliffs

Ends in vowel y add-s

• 1 day - 2 days

• 1 key - 2 keys

• 1 boy - 2 boys

• 1 guy - 2 guys

• 1 donkey - 2 donkeys

Ends in consonant y add-ies

• 1 city - 2 cities

• 1 baby - 2 babies

• 1 story - 2 stories

• 1 party - 2 parties

• 1 country - 2 countries

Irregular Nouns

• 1 man - 2 men

• 1 woman - 2 women

• 1 foot - 2 feet

• 1 tooth - 2 teeth

• 1 mouse - 2 mice

• 1 person - 2 people

Ends in vowel o add -s

• 1 zoo - 2 zoos

• 1 radio - 2 radios

• 1 stereo - 2 stereo

• 1 video - 2 videos

• 1 kangaroo - 2 kangaroos

• 
  

Ends in consonant o add -es

• 1 hero - 2 heroes

• 1 echo - 2 echoes

• 1 tomato - 2 tomatoes

• 1 potato - 2 potatoes

• 
  

No change

• 1 sheep - 2 sheep

• 1 deer - 2 deer

• 1 fish - 2 fish

• 1 series - 2 series

• 1 species - 2 species

• 1 news - 2 news

Multiple Choice

There are four ....... of orange juice on the table.

• glass

• glasses

Multiple Choice

There are many ........ running wild on the grassland.

• horses

• horse

Multiple Choice

Fendi helps his father to rake the .......... in the garden.

• leaves

• leaf

Multiple Choice

Mrs Teoh kept all her ...... in the drawer.

• knives

• knife

Multiple Choice

There are many.......... parked at the roadside.

• lorry

• lorries

Multiple Choice

Eating a lot of ........ can make us healthy.

• berries

• berrys

Multiple Choice

You can see many beautiful ........ at the lake.

• gooses

• geese

Multiple Choice

There are a lot of ....... in Australia.

• oxen

• oxs

Multiple Choice

Pak Salim has twenty ....... .

• child

• children

Multiple Choice

A herd of ..... is eating grass at the field.

• sheep

• sheeps

Multiple Choice

There are many beautiful ....... in Terengganu.

• beachs

• beaches

Multiple Choice

Mimi picked some ....... from the tree.

• mangoes

• mangos

Multiple Choice

I want to buy some ..... from the bookstore.

• book

• books

Multiple Choice

Mother bought some ..... from the supermarket.

• apples

• apple

Multiple Choice

Father brought me a nice ......... for my birthday.

• bicycle

• bicycles

Bye...see you next class XOXO