The beginner's guide to Singular - Plural Nouns in English

What is Singular ?
What is Plural?

Many Examples of Singlular- Plural

How to change Singular noun to Plural?/ Rules to form plural 

 In previous blogs we have seen types of nouns. Now we'll move to  how to convert  singular noun into plural noun.

What is Singular ?

Singular noun :  A noun stands for one person or thing is said to be a singular noun. 

For example: 

        Boy, woman, monkey, chair, desk.

What is plural?

Plural noun : A noun stands for more than one person or thing is said to be plural noun 

For example : 

       boys, women, monkeys, chairs, desks.

Now let's take a look on the rules to form  plural noun.

1. Most nouns form their plurals by adding 's' to the end of the singular noun.

For example 

1. Boy🙋‍♂️ - boys👬   2. Girl🙋‍♀️ - girls 👭

3. Dog🐕 - dogs🐕🐕   

4. Spoon 🥄- spoons 🥄🥄

2. Nouns which end with sh, s, ss, x ,o  or ch form their plural by adding es ... 

For example :

1. Brush - brushes   2. Bus - buses

3. Class- classes   4. Box - boxes 

5. Potato- potatoes  6. Bench - benches

3. Nouns end with 'y' change into 'I' and add 'es'

For example : 

1. Pony - ponies      2. Lady - ladies 

3. Baby- babies       4. Fly - flies

Note - The noun which ends with 'y' and ' y' followed by vowel won't change to 'ies '

For example 

Monkey - monkeys ......as y is followed by vowel 'e'

4. Nouns end with 'f 'or 'fe' change to 'ves' 

For example 

1. Calf - calves    2. Knife - knives

3. Life - lives     4. Wolf - wolves

5. By a change of vowel

For example : 

1. Man - men    2. Foot - feet 

3. Tooth - teeth  4. Goose - geese

6. By adding en 

6. Some nouns have irregular plurals.

For example :

1. Ox - oxen    2. Child - children

3. Mouse - mice   4. Quiz - quizzes 

5. Deer - deer      6. Fish - fish 

7. Sheep - sheep    8. Tuna - tuna