SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

In English grammar, words that refer to people, places, or things are called nouns.
They can be classified in many ways.

Regular plurals
Singular Plural
Book Books
Most common
Car Cars
nouns.
Cat Cats
boy Boys
Note: noun ending in “O”. Zoo – zoos
Bus Buses Kangaroo – kangaroos
Nouns ending in O, Box Boxes Tomato – tomatoes Tattoo – tattoos
S, X, SH, OR CH. Dish Dishes Potato – potatoes Photo – photos
Church Churches Hero – heroes Piano – pianos
Echo – echoes Radio – radios
City Cities
Nouns ending in
Baby Babies
consonant + -Y.
Candy Candies
Wolf Wolves
Nouns ending in –F Thief Thieves
or –FE. Knife Knives
wife Wives
Irregular plurals
person people
Man Men
Woman Women
Child Children
ox oxen
Tooth Teeth
Foot Feet
goose Geese
Mouse Mice
Louse Lice
sheep Sheep
deer Deer
fish Fish
phenomenon phenomenon
criterion criteria
 DEMOSTRATIVES ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS.

The demonstratives THIS, THESE, THAT, THOSE, point out which people or things we are
talking about.

THIS / THESE to indicate someone or something near the speaker.

THAT / THOSE to indicate someone or something far from the speaker.

Singular Plural
This woman These women
This car These cars
That child Those children
That book Those books

NOTE: they can be used as both adjectives and pronouns.

Examples:

1. This coat is cheap.

2. What are those girls doing?
3. This is a good place.
4. That is my car over there.
5. These are my suitcases.

Activity

A. Rewrite the sentences in “plural form”.

1. That is a dictionary. 1.
2. That is a baby. 2.
3. This is a present. 3.
4. This is an umbrella. 4.
5. That isn´t a hamster. 5.
6. Is that a newspaper? 6.
7. Is this a postcard? 7.
8. This is a sheep. 8.
9. That is a scarf. 9.
10. That is a boy. 10.