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BASIC ENGLISH

BEGINNER 1
LESSON 3
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
SINGULAR NOUN

• Singular noun means one (1) or single.

We use a or an before a singular noun.


Ex: a book an apple

a banana an egg

an umbrella
PLURAL NOUN

• Plural noun means many or more than one (1).


We don’t use an or a before the plural noun, instead we add s or es on the last letter of
the word.
Ex: two (2) books
Three (3) bananas
Four (4) umbrellas
Five (5) apples
Six (6) eggs
Plural noun where we add ‘es’
Ex:
a bus two (2) buses
a box three (3) boxes
a watch four (4) watches
an ax five (5) axes
HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN TO PUT ‘S’ OR ‘ES’
TO THE NOUN?
• For most nouns we just add ‘s’ to make them plural, but for some we add ‘es’
• Nouns that end with ch, sh, x, s, and sometimes o.
Ex:
Church churches
Brush brushes
Fox foxes
Dress dresses
If the ‘ch’ ending is pronounced with a
‘k’ sound, you add ‘s’, rather than ‘es’

THERE IS ONE Ex:


EXCEPTION
TO THE RULE.
Stomach stomachs

Epoch epochs
For most nouns ending in ‘o’, we just add
‘s’ to make them plural
Ex:
Photo photos
Solo solos
Zoo zoos
Embryo embryos
Halo halos
But for special words below, we add ‘es to make
them plural.
Ex:
Potato potatoes
Tomato tomatoes
Volcano volcanoes
Hero heroes
Mosquito mosquitoes
Echo echoes
Buffalo buffaloes
If the noun ends with a consonant
plus ‘y’, make the plural by changing
‘y’ to ‘ies’

Ex:
Berry Berries
Daisy Daisies
Nouns in in ‘f or ‘fe’
For nouns that end with consonant ‘f’ or a single vowel
like ‘fe’, change the ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to ‘ves’
Ex:
Knife knives
Half halves
Nouns which end in two vowels plus -f usually form plurals
in the normal way, with just an -s
Ex:
Chief chiefs
Spoof spoofs
You will have to memorize the spelling for the irregular
plurals.

SINGULAR PLURAL

child children
SOME NOUNS
HAVE foot feet
IRREGULAR
PLURAL tooth teeth

FORMS mouse mice

man / woman men / women


Most nouns add ‘s’ to form plural

Nouns that end in ch, sh, x, z, or s, add ‘es’

Nouns end with vowel + y, add ‘s’


REMEMBER
THESE RULES Nouns end with consonant + y, add ‘ies’
FOR PLURAL
Nouns end with f or fe, change f or fe to ‘ves’
NOUNS:
Nouns end with vowel + o, add ‘s’

Nouns end with consonant +o, add ‘es’

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