SINGULAR AND

PLURAL NOUNS
MISS. M. NITHYA THEVI
 SINGULAR NOUN
• The object, place, person, idea, animal which
contain 1 thing only.
PLURAL NOUN
• the plural nouns names more than one object, place,
person, idea, animal.
 1) Add (S)

• Cat > cats

• Flower > flowers
• Shoe > shoes
 2) Add (es)

• lunch -> lunches

• Flash -> flashes
• Box -> boxes
 3) Drop y and add (ies)

• Baby -> babies

• Family -> families
• Story -> stories
 4) Drop f and add (ves)

• Wolf -> wolves

• Chef -> cheves
• shelf -> shelves
• Wife -> wives
 5)Irregular nouns

• Mouse ->mice
• Man -> men
• Foot -> feet
• Deer -> deer
• Goose -> geese
• Tooth -> teeth