What are plural nouns? Grammar Toolkit

child children Grammar Toolkit A noun can be singular, naming just one thing, or plural, naming more than one thing. The way to make a noun plural usually depends on the ending of the singular noun.

Grammar Toolkit To form the plural of most nouns, add s. horse car hill rose shoe horses cars hills roses shoes If the noun ends in s, sh, ch or x, add es. buses bushes churches foxes passes bus bush church fox pass

Grammar Toolkit Form the plurals of these nouns. circus radio window bone itch class year kaleidoscope toolbox wish es ss s ss

Grammar Toolkit If the noun ends in a consonant plus y, change the y to ies. babyarmyspyworry babiesarmiesspiesworries For most nouns that end in f or fe, change f to v and add es. leaflifehalfloaf leavesliveshalvesloaves For a small group of nouns that end in o, add es. tomatoechohero tomatoesechoesheroes

Grammar Toolkit Form the plurals of these nouns. body ruby deputy therapy jury wife wolf knife superhero bodieswives deputiesknives therapiessuperheroes juries rubieswolves

mediumchateauvertebrabacterium mediachateauxvertebraebacteria Grammar Toolkit English nouns that have come from other languages, such as Latin, Greek or French, often form plurals the same way they do in their original language. Some nouns are always plurals, whether there is one or many of them. trousers offspring scissors cutlery crockery deer pants salmon

Grammar Toolkit Just to make it interesting, there are nouns that break the rules and nouns that don’t follow any rule! Do you know the plurals of these nouns? radio woman reef ox louse axis proof foot radioslice reefsproofs oxen feet womenaxes

Grammar Toolkit A noun is a naming word. A plural noun names more than one thing. Plural nouns are formed in different ways, often depending on the ending of the singular noun. Some nouns are both singular and plural (e.g. sheep) and some are only plural (e.g. trousers). In the following sentence, the plural nouns are red. The true heroes of centuries past were men and women without names.

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