PLURAL NOUNS

We can make singular nouns to plural nouns in many different ways by adding ‘s, es’, changing ‘y’ to ‘ies’ or ‘f, fe’ to ‘ves’ or same nouns show the change and some other nouns still keep the same form from singular to plural.

1- First Case

We make a singular noun to a plural noun by adding ‘s’ to singular noun.

Singular

Plural

book

cat

dog

boat

books

cats

dogs

boats

2- Second Case

For nouns consist of (o, x, s, ss, sh, ch, z) at the end; when we make plural form, we add ‘es’.

Singular

Plural

mango

box

bus

glass

brush

watch

quiz

mangoes

boxes

buses

glasses

brushes

watches

quizzes

NOTE 1: Some nouns consist of “O” at the end; but we don’t add “es”, we only add “s” to singular noun when we want to make plural form.

Singular

Plural

bamboo

radio

piano

zoo

photo

bamboos

radios

pianos

zoos

photos

NOTE 2: Some other nouns are finished by “O” at the end, and we can add “s/es” to singular nouns to make plural form.

Singular

Plural

Plural

buffalo

cargo

mosquito

volcano

buffalos

cargos

mosquitos

volcanos

buffaloes

cargoes

mosquitoes

volcanoes

3- Third Case

For singular nouns that consist of “ y” at the end, when we want to make plural form; we change “y” to “ies”.

Singular

Plural

country

fly

candy

library

countries

flies

candies

libraries

NOTE: Some nouns consist of “y” at the end; but we don’t change “y” to “ies”, we only add “s” when we want to make plural form.

Singular

Plural

day

toy

monkey

valley

days

toys

monkeys

valleys

4- Fourth Case

For some other nouns that contain “f, fe” at the end; when we make plural form , we change “f, fe” to “ves”.

Singular

Plural

shelf

sheaf

life

knife

shelves

sheaves

lives

knives

NOTE: Some nouns end in “f, fe” at the end; but we don’t change “f, fe” to “ves” , we only add “s” to singular noun when we want to make plural form.

Singular

Plural

chief

proof

safe

fife

chiefs

proofs

safes

fifes

5- Regular Noun

Some nouns still keep the same form from singular to plural form. Those nouns are called “regular noun”.

Singular

Plural

Sheep

Deer

Fish

Swine

sheep

deer

fish

swine

6- Irregular Noun

There are some nouns which change their forms when we change from singular to plural form. Those kinds of noun are called irregular noun”.

Singular

Plural

child

foot

ox

mouse

louse

children

feet

oxen

mice

lice