One and Many

One and Many

• Nouns that name only one thing are called singular. Example: girl, boy, apple, mango, cup etc.
• Nouns that name more than one thing are called plural. Example: boxes, classes, dogs, shops etc.

Making Plurals

Rules that we follow to change singular into plural

Rule 1- We usually add ‘s’ to the singular noun to form plural noun.

For example: cup + ‘s’ = cups

adding 's' to make plurals

Let’s see some more examples.

girl	girls
printer	printers
spoon	spoons
sister	sisters
apple	apples
key	keys
orange	oranges
passenger	passengers
screen	screens
uniform	uniforms
flower	flowers
table	tables
phone	phones
car	cars
rock	rocks
lamp	lamps
knee	knees
dog	dogs
shop	shops
ribbon	ribbons
pear	pears
banana	bananas
pen	pens
bell	bells
lung	lungs
river	rivers
hat	hats
friend	friends
plant	plants
store	stores

Rule 2 -  We add ‘es’ to singular nouns ending in ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ or ‘sh’ to form plural nouns.

For example: box + ‘es’ = boxes

adding 'es' to make plurals

Let’s see some more examples.

class	classes
church	churches
wish	wishes
dress	dresses
brush	brushes
dish	dishes
pouch	pouches
bus	buses
fox	foxes
bush	bushes
peach	peaches
box	boxes
lunch	lunches
punch	punches