JK Academy Singular and Plural
Rules for changing nouns from Singular to Plural:
1. To change the nouns from singular to plural we normally add ‘s’ at the end of the word.
Exercise 1:
| One book two ___________
One chair three __________ One bag six ____________ One boat many ___________ One phone many ___________ One shirt many ___________ |
2. Nouns that end with s, ss, sh, ch and x can be made plural by adding ‘es’.
Exercise 2:
| gas _____________
class _____________ bush _____________ match _____________ box _____________ |
3. Nouns that end with the letter y, can be made plural by changing y to ‘ies’ to make it plural.
Exercise 3:
| lady _____________
berry _____________ baby _____________ candy _____________ lorry _____________ |
4. When the noun has a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) before the end letter y, then just add s to it to make it plural.
Exercise 4:
| boy ___________
ray ___________ tray ___________ key ___________ trolley ___________ |
5. When a noun ends with o, then es is added to it to make it plural.
Exercise 5:
| potato _____________
tomato _____________ buffalo _____________ mango _____________ hero _____________ |
6. When a noun ends with f or fe, then f or fe is changed
into v and es is added.
Exercise 6:
| leaf _____________
half _____________ calf _____________ knife _____________ wife _____________ |
7. There are some nouns that end with f or fe, but we only add s to make it plural.
Exercise 7:
| chief _____________
roof _____________ chef _____________ giraffe _____________ cliff _____________ |
8. There are a few nouns which form their plurals by changing the inside vowel to make them plural.
Exercise 8:
| tooth _____________
goose _____________ mouse _____________ man _____________ woman _____________ |
9. Few nouns take en at the end to form its plural.
Exercise 9:
| ox _____________
child _____________ |
10. Some nouns remain the same in their plural form.
Exercise 10:
| sheep _____________
deer _____________ corn ______________ gold ______________
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Exercise 11: Underline the correct form of the plural noun
| 1. My mom gave me two big (potato, potatoes) in my lunch box.
2. The (woman, women) was standing at the bus stop. 3. Ron’s uncle has two (buffalo, buffaloes) in his farm. 4. The three (thief, thieves) were caught by the policeman.
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For a complete lesson – click on – Singular & Plural Nouns