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      One and Many

      Nouns that name only one thing are called singular. Example: girl, boy, apple, mango, cup etc. 

      Nouns that name more than one thing are called plural. Example: boxes, classes, dogs, shops etc.

       

      Rules that we follow to change singular into plural are:

      Rule 1- We usually add ‘s’ to the singular noun to form plural noun.

      For example: cup + ‘s’ = cups






      Let’s see some more examples.

       

      girl

      girls

      printer

      printers

      spoon

      spoons

      sister

      sisters

      apple

      apples

      key

      keys

      orange

      oranges

      passenger

      passengers

      screen

      screens

      uniform

      uniforms

      flower

      flowers

      table

      tables

      phone

      phones

      car

      cars

      rock

      rocks

      lamp

      lamps

      knee

      knees

      dog

      dogs

      shop

      shops

      ribbon

      ribbons

      pear

      pears

      banana

      bananas

      pen

      pens

      bell

      bells

      lung

      lungs

      river

      rivers

      hat

      hats

      friend

      friends

      plant

      plants

      store

      stores

       

      Rule 2 -  We add ‘es’ to singular nouns ending in ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ or ‘sh’ to form plural nouns.

      For example: box + ‘es’ = boxes


       

      Let’s see some more examples.





      class

      classes

      church

      churches

      wish

      wishes

      dress

      dresses

      brush

      brushes

      dish

      dishes

      pouch

      pouches

      bus

      buses

      fox

      foxes

      bush

      bushes

      peach

      peaches

      box

      boxes

      lunch

      lunches

      punch

      punches





      Q. Fill in the blanks with correct form of noun from the option given.

       1. My friend bought a new car. (car/cars)

       2. Diya has a pretty doll. (doll/dolls)

       3. A week has seven days. (day/days)

       4. A crayon box has twelve colors. (color/colors)

       5. How many months are in a year? (month/months)

       6. Stars are twinkling in the sky. (star/stars)

       7. She ate five apples. (apple/apples)

       8. The bird is sitting on the branch. (bird/birds)

       9. Ravi has five balls. (ball/balls)

      10. The pen is in the pencil box. (pen/pens)