Singular Plural Mixed

Only singular : furniture, money, food, Only plural: annals, pincers, winnings, Some nouns have different meaning in
news, advice, fruit ,knowledge, twilight, travels, statistics, thanks, particulars, the singular and plural : cloth – clothes,
information, chaIk,progress, courage, shears, cattle, bellows, makings, takings, content – contents, custom – customs, fund
baggage, equipment, garbage, jewellery, surroundings, dregs, suds, victuals, – funds, glass – glasses, hair – hairs,
junk, mail, makeup, change, postage, belongings, goods/wares, spirits(alcohol), manner – manners, relation – relations,
scenery, traffic, dirt, dust, flour, pepper, valuables, surroundings, pains( effort, scale – scales, spirit – spirits, wood –
salt, sand,cloth, economics, physics, gossip, trouble), savings, grapes, trousers, police, woods, work – works.
gymnastics, hair, rice, margin, macaroni  jeans, scales, tweezers, mass media, oats,
remains, reins, scissors, wages, clothes,
contents, pyjamas, tongs, people, tights,
spectacles, breeches, pants, pliers, outskirts,
suburbs, arms, proceeds, glasses,
binoculars, manners, earnings, brains,
stairs, steps, premises, cattle, poultry,
earrings, socks, gloves, statistics,
congratulations, lodgings,
greens( vegetables)
We also use singular verb forms with: Initials can be made plural: These nouns have the same form in the
Nouns which refer to school subjects: MPs- members of Parliament; singular and in the plural:
mathematics, economics, physics, politics. VIPs – very important persons; a). sheep, herring, squid, plaice, fish, cod,
Nouns which refer to games: dominoes, UFOs – unidentified object. giraffe, species, grouse, gallows, deer,
draughts, billiards, darts. trout, swine, pheasant, means, buffalo,
Nouns which refer to illnesses: mumps, brace, partridge, barracks, salmon,
measles, red measles. offspring, series
b). and also some nouns like: aircraft,
spacecraft, hovercraft, etc.
c). some nouns ending –s: crossroads,
means, series, species, works.
Uncountable nouns: glass, water, wood, * Here we see that –f changes into –ves in
tea, ice, rice, food, gold, silver, gin, dust, plural: thief – thieves, wharf – wharves,
bread, stone, flour, oil, butter, furniture. knife – knives, self – selves, hoof – hooves,
sheaf – sheaves, scarf – scarves, life – lives,
wife – wives, wolf – wolves, half – halves,
leaf – leaves, calf – calves, loaf – loaves.
BUT! These nouns end in –s and the
ending –f does not change: belief, roof,
proof, muff, cliff, chief, kerchief, cuff, safe,
grief.
Abstract nouns: anger, hope, courage, * Here are some exceptions, which have
beauty, choice, hunger, excitement, help, the ending –s, not the –es: video, photo,
kindness, quietness, confidence, cowardice, piano, cuckoo, solo, zoo, radio, soprano,
education, weakness, youth, terror, studio, auto, bamboo, memo, disco, tattoo,
comfort, happiness, ease, truth, variety, dynamo, kimono;
anxiety, enjoyment, experience, fun, BUT! Zero – zeroes/zeros, tornado –
entertainment, generosity, greed(-iness), tornadoes/ tornados, volcano –
depth, width, hate, health, honesty, volcanoes/volcanos, mosquito –
hospitality, luck, poverty, ignorance, mosquitoes/ mosquitos, cargo – cargos,
laughter, love, pride, patience, absence, cargoes.
length, care, bravery, peace, intelligence,
justice, wealth, ugliness, death, loneliness,
meanness, cruelty, violence, time, stupidity,
progress, recreation, research, life,
opposition, help, death, courage,
information, work, suspicion, knowledge,
hope, pity, luggage, shopping, parking,
camping, hair, weather, damage, freedom,
brotherhood.
When we speak about these nouns as used These nouns are always used in plural :
in the soups, pies, salads, we use them in peas, raisins, beans, apricots, grapes,
the singular. cherries, prunes. When we speak about
the fruit and vegetables in general we use
these nouns in plural
As a modifier the noun is always used in The people will be used in plural.( the poor,
the singular : a two day trip, a three hour the old etc)
exam, a vegetable salad, cat food, a student
book
The name of language is used in singular