singular vs plural

Singular and Plural Nouns

Noun=名词

A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.

• Usually, the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. As babies learn "mom," "dad," or "milk" as their first word, nouns should be the first topic when you study a different language.

For the plural form of most nouns, add s.

• bottle – bottles

• cup - cups

• pencil - pencils

• desk - desks

• sticker - stickers

• window - windows

For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es.

• box - boxes

• watch - watches

• bus - buses

• moss - mosses

For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es.

• wolf - wolves

• wife - wives

• leaf - leaves

• life - lives

Some nouns have different plural forms.

• child - children

• woman - women

• man - men

• mouse - mice

• goose - geese

Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules.

• baby - babies

• toy - toys

• kidney - kidneys

• potato - potatoes

• memo - memos

• stereo - stereos

A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.

• sheep - sheep

• deer - deer

• series - series

• species - species

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Choose the correct form of the noun in each sentence.

Multiple Choice

I have three ___________

• child

• children

Multiple Choice

There are five ____ and one ______.

• men , women

• man , woman

• men , woman

Multiple Choice

__________ play with bottles as toys.

• Baby

• Babies

Multiple Choice

A few men wear ________

• watch

• watches

Multiple Choice

I put a _____ on the desk.

• memo

• memos

Multiple Choice

I saw a ______ running by.

• mouse

• mice