NOUN

BY JAYTI ANAND

BY JAYTI ANAND
 Rule 1
• Certain nouns exist in plural form only.

• They take plural verb with them.

 Examples
1. Scissors 7.Pants
2. Tongs 8. Pyjamas
3. Pliers 9. Shorts
4. Pincers 10.Spectacles
5. Bellows 11. Goggles
6. Trousers 12. Binoculars
 Remember…
Wages can be used in both singular and plural
form.

Wages Wages

labour Result

Plural Singular

Wages are paid in cash. Wages of hard work is sweet.

 Rule 2
 There are certain nouns that are plural In form
but singular in meaning.

 They take singular verb.

 Words like …
1. News 7. Ethics 13.Athletics
2. Innings 8. Mathematics 14.linguistics
3. Politics 9. mumps
4. Summons 10. Measles
5. Physics 11. Rickets
6. Economics 12. Billiards
 Examples
 No news is good news.
 Politics is a dirty game.
 Economics is an interesting subject.
 Ethics demands honesty.
 Rule 3
 There are certain nouns that are singular in
form but plural In meaning.
 They take singular verb.
 ‘s’ is never used with these nouns.
 Such words are…
Cattle
Cavalry
Infantry
Poultry
Peasantry
Children
Gentry
Police
People
 Examples
Cattle are grazing in the field.

Police have arrested the thieves.

 Rule 4
There are certain uncountable
nouns which will take singular
verb.
Don’t use A/An, many, few,
number of and plural form with
these nouns.
 Such words are…
Scenery hair business mischief
Poetry postage knowledge
furniture stationery crockery
jewellery advice music luggage
dirt dust information
baggage Bread electricity
 Example
The sceneries of Kashmir have enchanted us.

Scenery Has
 But …
The Singular/plural form is made by adding
certain words before the uncountable nouns.

 He gave me a piece of information.

 All pieces of information given by her were
reliable.
 I want a few articles of jewellery.
 RULE 6
There are certain nouns that are used in
both singular and plural form.

If they are used in singular sense, they

take singular verb and if they are used in
plural sense, they take plural verb.
 Such nouns are…
Deer
sheep jury
series
species aircraft
fish
crew
team counsel
 Example
A sheep is grazing in the field.

Two sheep are grazing in the field

 Rule 7
Hyphenated noun does not have plural
form.

Example: He gave me two hundred-rupees

notes.
He gave me two hundred- rupee notes.
 Rule 8
When a definite numeral adjective is added
before the following nouns, they take singular
form.

Example : pair, score , gross, stone, hundred,

dozen, thousand, million, billion etc.
 RULE 9

 If a preposition comes after a noun and then

the same noun is repeated, the noun should
be used in singular form.

Noun + preposition + noun

singular singular
 Example
Towns after towns were devastated.
convert
into
singular

Town after Town was devastated

 RULE 10
 Nouns like teacher, student , child, clerk,
advocate, worker, writer, author, leader,
musician etc are common gender nouns.

 They are used as both male and female.

 Thus HIS /HE/HIM is used for such nouns.

A FEW NOUNS HAVE
TWO PLURAL FORMS,
WHICH HAVE
DIFFERENT
MEANINGS.
 LIKE…
BROTHER

1.BROTHERS : SONS OF THE SAME

PARENTS
2.BRETHREN: MEMBERS OF THE
SAME SOCIETY/ COMMUNITY/
RELIGIOUS GROUP.
 CLOTH

1.CLOTHS – UNSTITCHED
CLOTH
2.CLOTHES- STITCHED
CLOTHES (GARMENTS)
 DIE
1.DIES- STAMPS FOR
PRINTING
2.DICE- SMALL CUBES USED
IN GAMES
 INDEX

1.INDEXES- TABLES OF
CONTENTS IN A BOOK.
2.INDICES- SIGNS USED IN
ALGEBRA
SINGULAR & PLURAL
FORMS OF FEW
NOUNS HAVE
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
MEANINGS.
SINGULAR PLURAL MEANING

1. AIR AIRS FALSE WAY OF

BEHAVING

2. RETURN RETURNS CALCULATION

OF INCOME
3. FORCE FORCES POLICE

4. IRON IRONS SHACKLES

SOME NOUNS IN
SINGULAR FORMS
HAVE ONE MEANING,
BUT HAVE MULTIPLE
MEANINGS
SINGULAR MEANING PLURAL MEANING

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