Categories: Nouns

Singular Plural Nouns | Exercises and Answers

When using English, it is necessary to know how to form plural nouns from singular nouns. Therefore, in this episode we are going to talk about singular plural nouns. We also provide with you with some exercises. Hopefully, these exercises will help you to understand the concept better. Plural means more than one, singular means one. There are two kinds of nouns. They are countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Plural nouns can only be made from countable nouns whereas uncountable nouns do not have plural forms. The following explanations are how to form plural nouns.

Plural Nouns Ending In “s”

Most of the plural nouns in English come from the singular noun + “s”. Let’s see the following examples :

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
a laptop an ipod an island a car a card a house a ship a girl a desk an officer	laptops ipods islands cars cards houses ships girls desks officers

Plural Nouns Ending In “es”

Some of the plural nouns come from the singular + “es”. We put “es” at the end of the word which ends in o, x, ch, z, sh, s. Let’s see the following example.

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
a mango a potato a box a watch a buzz a brush a glass	mangoes potatoes boxes watches buzzes brushes glasses

Singular Nouns Ending In “consonant + y”

The noun ending in “consonant + y”, can be made into plural by changing “y” into “i” + es. Let’s see the following examples.

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
baby city lady fly country	babies cities ladies flies countries

Plural Nouns Ending Both in “s” and “es”

The following plural nouns can be formed by ending “s” or “es” to the singular nouns. Let’s see the following examples.

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
mosquito tornado portico buffalo	mosquitos / mosquitoes tornados / tornadoes porticos / porticoes buffalos / buffaloes

Singular Nouns Ending In “f” or “fe”

If the singular nouns end in “f” or “fe”, we change the “f” or “fe” into “ves” to make them plural. Let’s see the following example.

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
wife loaf knife shelf elf half thief calf leaf wolf life	wives loaves knives shelves elves halves thieves calves leaves wolves lives

Singular Nouns Ending in “vowel + o”

Singular nouns ending in “vowel + o” can be made into plural nouns by putting “s” at the of them.

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
folio studio cameo	folios studios cameos

Irregular

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
a woman a man a foot a tooth a child a goose an ox a mouse a louse a fish a person a deer a sheep a moose	women men feet teeth children geese oxen mice lice fish people (persons = rarely used) deer sheep moose