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Nouns in Plural

The document discusses rules for forming plural nouns in English. It explains that most nouns form the plural by adding -s, but some irregular nouns have different plural forms. It provides examples of regular and irregular plural nouns.

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Nouns in Plural

The document discusses rules for forming plural nouns in English. It explains that most nouns form the plural by adding -s, but some irregular nouns have different plural forms. It provides examples of regular and irregular plural nouns.

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NOUNS

SINGULAR AND PLURAL


PLURAL

• Most singular nouns form the plural by adding -s.


• Examples:

Singular Plural
boat boats
house houses
cat cats
river rivers
PLURAL

• A singular noun ending in s, x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by adding-es.


• Example:

Singular Plural
bus buses
wish wishes
pitch pitches
box boxes
PLURAL

• A singular noun ending in a consonant and then y makes the plural by dropping the y and
adding-ies.
• Examples:
Singular Plural
penny pennies
spy spies
baby babies
city cities
daisy daisies
IRREGULAR NOUNS

• There are some irregular noun plurals. The most common ones are listed below.
• Examples:
Singular Plural
woman women
man men
child children
tooth teeth
foot feet
person people
IRREGULAR NOUNS

leaf leaves
mouse mice
goose geese
half halves
knife knives
wife wives
life lives
elf elves
loaf loaves
potato potatoes
IRREGULAR NOUNS

tomato tomatoes
cactus cacti
focus foci
fungus fungi
nucleus nuclei
syllabus syllabi/syllabuses
analysis analyses
diagnosis diagnoses
oasis oases
IRREGULAR NOUNS

thesis theses
crisis crises
phenomenon phenomena
criterion criteria
datum data
PLURAL

• Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural.
• Examples:

Singular Plural
sheep sheep
fish fish
deer deer
species species
aircraft aircraft

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