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)