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Singular and Plural Nouns
Making Plural Nouns in English:
Spelling Rules for Adding the Plural S to Singular Nouns
A.The general plurals rule:
1. Usually add the letter s to the end of a singular noun to make it plural.
Singular Plural Singular Pluralbook books car carscat cats bicycle bicyclesmat mats room rooms
2. In compound nouns, add s only to the main noun.
This family uses one air- conditioner and one washing machine . Their neighbours use three air- conditioners and two washing machines .
I have one son-in-law; my friend Frieda has three sons-in-law.
3. Add es to a noun ending with a whistling sound ( s,sh,ch,x,z) to make it plural.
one bus – three buses, a church – many churches, a box – boxes, a buzz – buzzes
4. If the singular noun ends with a consonant + y, drop the y, replace with an i and add es. Don’t drop the y, if the y is preceded by a vowel.
Yes: one city – two cities, a baby – babies, a country – countriesNo: a toy – toys, a day – days
5. If the singular noun ends with a consonant + o, add es. If the o is preceded by a vowel, only add s to make the plural form.
Yes: a potato – five potatoes, a hero – heroes, an echo – echoesNo: a radio – radios, a studio – studios, a kangaroo – kangaroos
B. Singular Nouns Ending with f/fe
Some nouns ending with f, fe, drop this ending and add ves to make the plural form. There
may be alternative spelling.
Yes : a knife – knives, one half – two halves, my life – their lives, a wolf – wolves.No : one roof – roofs, a cliff – many cliffs, a safe – safesBoth : a dwarf – the seven dwarfs/ dwarves, one wharf – a few wharfs/ wharves
C. One Form for Singular & Plural
Many nouns have identical forms for both singular and plural.
a sheep – sheep, a deer – deer, a moose – moose
a fish – fish (fishes, if used for different species of fish)
a dozen – two dozen roses, a hundred – several hundred men
( but: dozens of roses, hundreds of people)
D. Special Singular - Plural Cases
Plural-Only Nouns
Some nouns only have a plural form, ending with s or without.The police are looking for the robbers.I like these pants / jeans / shorts.Use either scissors or nail clippers.Binoculars are stronger than any glasses
Other nouns ending with s only have a plural form only with certain meanings.customs (at the airport, not practices), guts (courage, not intestines)quarters (lodgings, not 1/4s), clothes (garments, not fabrics)goods (merchandise, not the opposite of bad), arms (weapons, not limb)
E. Singular Nouns with an S Ending
Some nouns end with s but are usually singular. They take a singular verb with an s ending in the Present Simple.
diseases: measles, rabies.fields of study and occupation: economics, ethics, linguistics, politics, physics, gymnastics.games: dominoes, darts, cards
SECTION A
Choose the best word to complete the sentences.
1. There were two _______ playing in the yard last night.
A. caties B. cat C. cats D. cates
2. We watched a _________ at the cinema yesterday.
A. movie B. moves C. movies D. movy
3. I borrowed some ________ from the library.
A. bookies B. books C. book D. bookes
4. I went fishing at the _________ last week.
A. ponde B. pondes C. ponds D. pond
5. How many ________ are on the picnic table?
A. ant B. ante C. ants D. antes
6. There were two __________ on the lake at sunset.
A. boates B. boats C. boat D. boaties
7. I found seven ________ in the chicken coop.
A. egges B. egg C. eggs D. eges
8. Azlan had three _________ for breakfast this morning.
A. pancake B. pancakes C. pancakees D. panscake
9. Zureen played with her two best ___________ during recess.
A. frieds B. friend C. friendes D. friends
10. There is a _________ on the dining table.
A. dish B. dishs C. dishes D. dashes
11. Munir ate three _________ for a snack.
A. peach B. peaches C. peachs D. peache
12. Amiruddin found two old _____________ in his bathroom.
A. toothbrushes B. toothbrush C. teethbrush D. teethbrushes
13. The postman brought a _________ to the house.
A. boxen B. boxes C. box D. boxs
14. The genie granted Aladdin’s three _______because he freed him from the bottle.
A. wish B. wishes C. wishs D. wishe
15. Haikal hid behind his father when an ______ approached him at he zoo.
A. oxs B. oxen C. oxes D. ox
16. Hidayah’s mother removed a _______ from her hair.
A. lice B. louse C. louses D. lices
17. There are some ___________ in Pak Abu’s farm.
A. goose B. gooses C. geese D. geeses
18. Many __________ are playing at the new playground there.
A. children B. childs C. childrens D. child
19. The dentist extracted Firdaus’s rotten _________.
A. teeth B. teeths C. tooth D. tooths
20. When faced with danger, many lizards shed their tails to escape from their _______.
A. enemy B. enemys C. enemyes D. enemies
21. The farmer set a ________ in his field to catch the cranes.
A. traps B. trap C. trapes D. trapies
22. Puan Ika is having lunch with her children in the ___________.
A. dining rooms B. dinings room C. dining room D. dinings rooms
23. ________ takes in passengers and vehicles.
A. Ferrys B. Ferries C. Ferry D. Ferryes
24. Amir helped the librarian to arrange the book on some _______________.
A. bookshelve B. bookshelves C. bookshelf D. bookshelfs
25. Hazalina’s class performed a ______ at the concert.
A. dances B. dancies C. dancees D. dance
26. There is a __________ nibbling a piece of cheese in the kitchen.
A. mice B. mices C. mouse D. mouses
27. Some _____________ were controlling the traffic because there was an accident
ahead.
A. policemen B. policeman C. policemans D. policemens
28. Kamarul stumbled and hurt his left ___________.
A. feets B. feet C. foots D. foot
29. Giraffes have __________ on their body.
A. patches B. patch C. patche D. patchies
30. The _______ is sleeping soundly on the bed.
A. babie B. baby C..babies D. babys
31. My family and I are very happy because we have moved to our beautiful _________.
A. bungalows B. bungalowes C. bungalow D. bungalowies
32. There are five __________ in that big book.
A. story B. storie C. storys D. stories
33. The ________ who was squatting by the sea was building a sandcastle with his
sister.
A. boys B. boye C. boy D. boies
34. Tigers have stripes on their ___________.
A. bodies B. body C. bodys D. bodie
35. Afifah decorated her scrapbook with coloured pens and _______________.
A. fancy stickers B. fancies stickers C. fancies sticker D. fancy sticker
36. Athirah boils an egg and toasts some __________ for breakfast.
A. breads B. bread C. breadies D. breades
37. Puan Amira uses ______________ to wrap the nasi lemak.
A. bananas leaf B. banana leaf C. bananas leaves D. banana leaves
38. ______________ live in the savannah which is an open, grassy and sandy area.
A. Ostrich B. Ostrichs C. Ostriches D. Ostriche
39. Nisa is taking some ___________ of the animals at the zoo.
A. photographs B. photographes C. photograph D. photographies
40. Pak Amin rears many chickens and he keeps them in his two ______________.
A. chickens coop B. chicken coops C. chickens coops D. chicken coop
41. There were many _________ at the book fair last weekend.
A. booths B. boothes C. booth D. beeth
42. The dog is looking for its three ____________.
A. puppie B. puppy C. puppys D. puppies
43. She went to a few __________ in order to get her favourite red velvet cake.
A. bakery B. bakeries C. bakeri D. bakerys
44. There are two __________ in this our new house.
A. bathrooms B. bathroom C. batherooms D. batheroom
45. I have two __________ in my room.
A. radio B. radioes C. radios D. radioies
46. My niece loves to read the storybook entitled Snow White and the Seven _________.
A. Dwarfs B. Dwarf C. Dwarves D. Dwarvs
47. The pupils could see many ____________ there.
A. church B. churchs C. churchies D. churches
48. You have to write two_________ in answering the paper.
A. essays B. essay C. essayes D. essays
49. The firemen drove quickly and saw a row of __________ on fire.
A. factorys B. factory C. factories D. factoryes
50. Encik Wan prefers taking trains to _________ as they are fast and comfortable way
to travel.
A. taxy B. taxis C. taxies D. taxys