SINGULAR AND

PLURAL NOUNS
A noun names a person, place,
thing,
or
idea.
Nouns
give
names of concrete or abstract
things in our lives .
1. For the plural form of most nouns, add s.
window windows
pencil pencils
bottle bottles

cup cups
desk desks
sticker stickers

2. For nouns that end in (ch, x, s, or sounds) add es.

watch watches
box boxes

moss mosses
bus busses

3. For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es.

leaf leaves
wolf wolves

wife wives
life lives

4. Some nouns have different plural forms.

woman women
man men
child children

mouse mice
goose geese
person - people

5. Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules.

baby babies
toy toys
potato potatoes

memo memos
stereo stereos
kidney kidneys

6. A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.

sheep - Sheep
deer - deer

series - series
species - species