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 abstract things in our lives. As babies learn "mom," "dad," or "milk" as their first word, nouns should be the first topic when you study a foreign language.
For the plural form of most nouns, add s.
For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es.
- bottle – bottles
- cup – cups
- pencil – pencils
- desk – desks
- sticker – stickers
- window – windows
For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es.
- box – boxes
- watch – watches
- moss – mosses
- bus – buses
Some nouns have different plural forms.
- wolf – wolves
- wife – wives
- leaf – leaves
- life – lives
Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules.
- child – children
- woman – women
- man – men
- mouse – mice
- goose – geese
A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.
- baby – babies
- toy – toys
- kidney – kidneys
- potato – potatoes
- memo – memos
- stereo – stereos
- 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.
2) men, woman