Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular and Plural Nouns
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Usually, the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstractthings in our lives. As babies learn "mom," "dad," or "milk" as their first word, nouns should be the first topicwhen you study a foreign language. For the plural form of most nouns, add s. bottle bottles cup cups pencil pencils desk desks sticker stickers window windows For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es. box boxes watch watches moss mosses bus buses For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es. wolf wolves wife wives leaf leaves life lives Some nouns have different plural forms. child children woman women man men mouse mice goose geese
Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules. baby babies toy toys kidney kidneys potato potatoes memo memos stereo stereos A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms. sheep sheep deer deer series series species species
Choose the correct form of the noun in each sentence. 1) I have three (child, children). 2) There are five (man, men) and one (woman, women). 3) (Baby, Babies) play with bottles as toys. 4) I put two big (potato, potatoes) in the lunch box. 5) A few men wear (watch, watches). 6) I put a (memo, memos) on the desk. 7) I saw a (mouse, mice) running by. 8) There are few (bus, buses) on the road today.
1) The cat is sitting on my 2) There are five 3) I have two 4) They are riding their 5) We have a 6) How many 7) My mother has a new 8) There are three windows in the 9) Susan has four 10) There is one
.(bed,beds) on my desk. (Pencil,pencils) .(sister,sisters) .(bike,bikes) .(dog, dogs) do you have in your bag?(book,books) .(computer,computers) .(room,rooms) .(poster,posters) on the floor. (pen,pens)
View Answers [1.1] 1) children 2) men, woman 3) Babies 4) potatoes 5) watches 6) memo 7) mouse 8) buses
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1) The cat is sitting on my bed. 2) There are five pencils on my desk. 3) I have two sisters. 4) They are riding their bikes. 5) We have a dog. 6) How many books do you have in your bag? 7) My mother has a new computer. 8) There are three windows in the room. 9) Susan has four posters. 10) There is one pen on the floor.