L3_S5_Singular - Plural (s, es, ies and other)

L3_S5_Singular - Plural (s, es, ies, and other)

Nouns can be in singular or plural form.

Singular nouns represent only one thing. They are the opposite of plural nouns, which are used to refer to more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural nouns are words used to refer to more than one person, animal, place, thing, or idea.

Most singular nouns can be made plural by simply adding an “s” to the end of the word. Some nouns need the addition of ‘-es’ and ‘-ies’ to be in plural form. If a word ends in –s, –sh, –ch, –x, or –z, we need to add –es. If a singular noun ends in –y and the letter before the –y is a consonant, you usually change the ending to –ies to make the noun plural.

If a noun ends in –f, –fe, we need to add –ves, by replacing it, to get its plural form.

The irregular plural nouns change their spelling from the singular noun. 

Examples

Singular Noun	Plural Noun
Dog	Dogs
House	Houses
Chair	Chairs
Box	Boxes
Fish	Fishes
Boss	Bosses
Fly	Flies
Day	Days
Fancy	Fancies
Wife	Wives
Calf	Calves
Child	Children
Mouse	Mice
Goose	Geese
erratum	errata

 

Activity

1.   Write the plural form for the given words by adding s, es, or ies.

2. Complete the sentences with the plural form of the word in brackets.

Extra Activity

Write simple words (at least 25) that are singular nouns (at least 5 words each for the plural form ending with -s, -es, -ies, -ves, and irregular form) and write the plural nouns for those words, by yourself or referring any book in English.