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Rule #1: The Plural of Nouns Is Usually Formed by Adding - S To A Singular Noun. Lamp - Cat - Fork - Flower-Pen

This document outlines rules for forming plurals of nouns in English. It discusses how most nouns form their plural by adding -s, but some ending in letters like s, z, x take -es instead. There are also irregular plurals like man/men and mouse/mice. The document provides examples and exercises for readers to practice applying the rules to determine singular and plural forms of various nouns.

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Rule #1: The Plural of Nouns Is Usually Formed by Adding - S To A Singular Noun. Lamp - Cat - Fork - Flower-Pen

This document outlines rules for forming plurals of nouns in English. It discusses how most nouns form their plural by adding -s, but some ending in letters like s, z, x take -es instead. There are also irregular plurals like man/men and mouse/mice. The document provides examples and exercises for readers to practice applying the rules to determine singular and plural forms of various nouns.

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 Rule #1

The plural of nouns is usually formed by


adding - s to a singular noun.
 lamp –
 cat -  
 fork - 
 Flower- 
 Pen -
 Exercise:  Write the plural of each of these nouns
  chair
  star 
 farm 
 storm 
 door 
 rock 
 Rule #2
Nouns ending in s, z, x, sh, and ch form the
plural by adding - es.
 Buzz
  Box -  
 Dish - 
 Church -
 Exercise:  Write the plural of each of these nouns
  dress 
 brush 
 wish 
 class 
 bench 
 bush 
 Singular or plural? box  cats  slipper 
forks  books  chair 
 desk  houses  paper  wagon  lamps 
 shoes  garden  horses  dress  dog 
 carts  kitchen  pony  glass 
 Exercise:  Write the plural of the following
nouns
  chair  * ax
 star  * bush
 pencil  * bench
 girl  * touch
 Exercise:  Write the singular of the
following nouns:  bells  churches 
wagons  coals  pictures  clocks 
boxes  kitchens 
 basins  chairs  days  houses 
 pencils  trees  tables 
 Rule #3
Nouns ending in - y preceded by a
consonant is formed into a plural by
changing - y to - ies.  

 Examples:  lady, ladies; city, cities; army,


armies
 Exercise:  Write the plural of the following
words:
  fly  baby  pony  injury  cherry 
lady  beauty  story   history  berry 

 city  sky  duty  study  theory


 Rule #4
Nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel
form their plurals by adding - s.  

Example:  boy, boys; day, days


 Exercise:  Write the plural of the following
words:
  day  toy  essay  turkey  chimney 
 play  joy  valley  alley  volley 
 Rule #5
Most nouns ending in o preceded by a
consonant is formed into a plural by adding
es.
 Example:  hero; heroes
  
 Exercise:  Write the plural of the following
words:
  motto  calico  buffalo  hero  potato 
cargo  volcano  mosquito*  tomato 
 halo*  tornado*  buffalo*   veto
 Rule #6
Some nouns ending in f or fe are made
plural by changing f or fe to - ves.  

 Example: wife, wives


 Exercise:  Write the plural of the following
words:
  calf  self  leaf  sheaf  life  loaf 
 shelf  half  wolf  knife  elf  
half thief  wife  gulf  chief  dwarf* 
proof  turf 
 IRREGULAR PLURALS
  man, men  foot, feet 
 mouse, mice  woman,women 
 tooth, teeth  louse, lice 
child,children  ox,oxen 
goose, geese 
 The following nouns have no singular:
 scissors
 oats
 tongs
 trousers 
 cattle 
 shears 
 measles
 
 Some nouns are always singular.  Some of
these nouns may be used in the  plural when
different kinds are meant as sugars, coffees,
cottons
  gold silver wheat corn molasses copper sug
ar cotton 
 Singular nouns use this and that.
 Plural nouns use these and those.

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