COUNT NOUNS

TYPES COUNT NOUNS Regular Irregular

REGULAR PLURAL FORMATIONS  Some count noun pluralized by adding ‘s’. The noun ends with -s, -z, -ch, -sh and –x can be pluralized by adding ‘es’ on the end of a noun. e.g chairs, beaches etc.  We must have to use articles ‘a’, ’an’ and ‘the’ before count nouns in singular form.

IRREGULAR PLURAL FORMATIONS  There are some rules given below  Some nouns that end in -o: take -es e.g. Tomato = Tomatoes  Nouns that end in a consonant + -y: change the -y to -i and add –es e.g. Diary = Diaries, Daisy = Daisies  Nouns that end in -f or -fe: change the -f to -v and add –es e.g. Calf = Calves, Wolf = Wolves  Nouns that change the vowel but add no ending e.g. Tooth = Teeth, Mouse = Mice  Nouns that show no difference between singular and plural e.g. Deer = Deer, Fish = Fish, Sheep = Sheep  Nouns that adopted from Latin and Greek end in -us: change to –i e.g. Alumnus = Alumni, Focus = Foci  Nouns that adopted from Latin and Greek end in -a: change to –ae e.g. Formula = Formulae, Vertebra = Vertebrae

 Nouns that adopted from Latin and Greek end in -um: change to –a e.g. Curriculum = Curricula, Stratum = Strata,  Nouns that adopted from Latin and Greek end in –ex or -ix: change to – ices e.g. Index = Indices, Appendix = Appendices  Nouns that adopted from Latin and Greek end in -is: change to –es e.g. Neurosis = Neuroses, Thesis = Theses  Nouns that adopted from Latin and Greek end in -on: change to –a e.g. Phenomenon = Phenomena, Criterion = Criteria