English lesson nine Singular and Plural

Welcome to the English lesson, lesson nine:

In this lesson I’m going to explain you singular and plural

What is mean by singular and plural?

There are two form of noun in the English language singular and plural.

Singular denotes one and plural denotes more than one.

Plural denote more than one.

Note: The plural form is used when considering more than one of the same items. Non-count nouns do not have a plural form.

The plural of a noun is generally found by adding an “s”

For Example:-

               Singular             plural

               Girl                       Girls

               Pen                      Pens

               Dog                     Dogs

              Book                    Books

Noun ending with a letter “s”, “ sh”, “ Ch “, or “x” forms the plural by adding “ es” to the singular.

For Example:- 

                 Singular                 Plural

                  Glass                    Glasses

                  Brush                   Brushes

                   Dish                     Dishes

                  Watch                  Watches

                   Box                      Boxes

Most of the noun ending with “ o”form plurals by adding “ es” and few words by adding  “s” to the singular.

 For Example:-

                           Buffalo                       buffaloes

                           Mango                        mangoes

                           Photo                          photos

                          Piano                           pianos

Few noun form their plurals by adding en or ren to their singular.

For example:

Ox           oxen

Child       children

Nouns ending with y form their plural by replacing y with ies.

For example:

                                  Pony                            ponies

                                  Butterfly                      butterflies

                                   Cherry                         cherries

As we are aware there are 26 letters in the English alphabet series.

                     5 Which are vowels.

                                    A,E,I,O ,U

                And the remaining 21 are consonant.

            B,C,D,F,G,H,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,R,S,T,V,W,X,Y,Z

Few noun change their singular by replacing the inside vowel to form an plural.

For Example:

                     Man                     men

     In this example vowel   “a” is changed   to” e” in the plural form.

   Some more examples:

                                            Tooth                     teeth

                                           Goose                      geese

In this case the vowel   “oo” is changed to “ee” in the plural form.

                                         Mouse          mice

In this case the vowel   “ou” is changed to “ i” in the plural form.

For words ending with “ fe” or “f” have plurals ending with” ves”

For Example:

                                     Knife              knives

                                      Wolf              wolves

                                      Shelf               shelves

Both singular and plural are same for some nouns.

For Example:

                             Sheep                      Sheep

                             Deer                          Deer

                             Milk                          Milk

                             Money                     Money

                             Food                         Food

                             Scissors                    scissors