Singular and Plural For Kids
Singular and Plural For Kids
Singular and Plural For Kids
A noun that stands for only one person, animal, place or thing is said to be in
the singular Number
Examples – boy, bird, apple.
A noun that stands for more than one person, animal, place or thing is said
to be in the plural number.
Example – boys, birds, apples.
Singular and plural number in English grammar
Most nouns change from singular to plural by adding ‘s’ to the singular.
Singular Plural
day days
horse horses
shoe shoes
table tables
Nouns that end in a ‘hissing’ sound such as ‘ch‘, ‘ss‘, ‘sh‘, ‘x‘ form their
plurals by adding ‘es‘ to the singular.
Singular Plural
bench benches
branch branches
watch watches
Singular Plural
glass glasses
There are some nouns ending in ‘y‘ that make their plurals by changing ‘y‘
into ‘ies‘
Singular Plural
army armies
baby babies
country countries
diary diaries
Some Nouns that end in ‘o‘ form their plurals by adding ‘es‘
Singular Plural
mango mangoes
potato potatoes
mosquito mosquitoes
tomato tomatoes
Nouns that end in ‘f‘ or ‘fe‘ make their plurals by changing ‘f‘ or ‘fe‘ into ‘ves‘
Singular Plural
calf calves
leaf leaves
loaf loaves
life lives
Some nouns change the whole word and some do not change at all
Singular Plural
man men
tooth teeth
mouse mice
ox oxen
We say
Singular Plural
ray rays
Singular Plural
way ways
donkey donkeys
key keys
holiday holidays
We say
Singular Plural
deer deer
sheep sheep
fish fish