singular and plural
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Let’s Learn Singular and
Plural
By Haslinda MidySK St Mary Papar
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Things in the classroom, at the playground and at the
restaurant
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives.
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For the plural form of most nouns, add ‘s’.
book – booksruler – rulerspencil – pencilstable – tablesduster – dusterswindow – windows
For nouns that end in ‘ch’, ‘x’, ‘s’ or ‘ss’ sounds, add ‘es’.
box – boxesfox - foxeswatch – watchesglass – glassesbus – buses
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Singular (only one) / Plural (more than one)
‘s’monkey - monkeysboy - boystable - tablesball - ballsfork - forksbook - booksfrog - frogsfan -fansbed - beds
‘es’glass - glassesbus -buseswatch - watchesdress - dressesbox - boxesfox - foxeschurch -
churchesbench - benchesmoss - mosses
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Give the plural forms of the following words.
Singular Plural
chair
basket
bag
eraser
sharpener
shoe
ruler
desk
pen
bottle
Exercise 1
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Give the plural forms of the following words.
Singular Plural
box
fox
church
hutch
glass
grass
bus
wolf
leave
life
Exercise 2
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For nouns ending in ‘f’ or ‘fe’, change ‘f’ to ‘v’ and add ‘es’.
wolf – wolveswife – wivesleaf – leaveslife – lives
Nouns ending in vowels like ‘y’ or ‘o’, do not have definite rules.
baby – babiestoy – toyskidney – kidneyspotato – potatoes
Note : when a vowel is in front of the ‘y’, the ‘y’ does not change; the ‘y’ only change when a consonant is in front of the ‘y’.
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‘ies’lady - ladiesbaby - babieslorry - lorriessky - skiespuppy -
puppiescandy - candiesferry - ferries
‘ves’leaf - leaveself - elvesknife - knivesloaf - loavescalf - calveswife - wivesshelf - shelveslife - lives
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Give the plural forms of the following words.
Singular Plural
baby
butterfly
lorry
knife
wife
life
buffalo
tomato
potato
fly
Exercise 3
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Some nouns have different plural forms.
child – childrenwoman – womenmouse – micegoose – geesetooth – teethfoot - feetox – oxenlouse – liceman - men
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Give the plural forms of the following words.
Singular Plural
ox
man
louse
tooth
child
goose
mouse
policeman
woman
fireman
Exercise 4
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Singular Plural
chair chairs
basket baskets
bag bags
eraser erasers
sharpener sharpeners
shoe shoes
ruler rulers
desk desks
pen pens
bottle bottles
Answers to Exercise 1
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Answers to Exercise 2
Singular Plural
box boxes
fox foxes
church churches
hutch hutches
glass glasses
grass grasses
bus buses
wolf wolves
leaf leaves
life lives
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Answers to Exercise 3
Singular Plural
baby babies
butterfly butterflies
lorry lorries
knife knives
wife wives
life lives
buffalo buffaloes
tomato tomatoes
potato potatoes
fly flies
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Answers to Exercise 4
Singular Plural
ox oxen
man men
louse lice
tooth teeth
child children
goose geese
mouse mice
policeman policemen
woman women
fireman firemen
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Now try some more exercises
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1. My mother bought a new ________ . (car, cars)2. The ______ is kept on the table. (pens, pen)3. Ram loves to read _______. (books, book)4. Suzana has five ________. (apple, apples)5. How many ______ are there in your purse? (things, thing)6. The ______ is sitting on the table. (cats, cat)7. There are countless ________ in the sky. (stars, star)8. How many _________ are there in your class? (students,
student)9. A rainbow has even ________ . (colour, colours)10.Sita has a black _______ . (dogs, dog)11. There are two _____ playing in the yard. (cat, cats)12. I borrowed some ______ at the library yesterday. (book,
books)13. I found seven _____ in the chicken coop. (eggs, egg)14.There were two ______ on the lake at the sunset. (boats,
boat)15. I helped my dad washed his ______ this morning. (cars, car)
Fill in the blanks with the correct answers)
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Good luck