Countable Nouns
Some words take an ‘s’ when you talk about more than one. These words are called count or countable nouns.Example
1 apple
2 apples
2 apples
Uncountable Nouns
Other words do not take an ‘s’ when you talk about more than one. These words are called non-count or uncountable nouns.Example
1 piece of cheese
2 pieces of cheese
The word “food” is a non-count noun.2 pieces of cheese
Example
I like food.
I like some food for breakfast.
I like a lot of food for dinner.
Most nouns in English have both singular and plural forms, and the plural is usually formed by adding "-s" to the singular. Most nouns in English have both singular and plural forms, and the plural is usually formed by adding “-s” to the singular. How to form the plural :
I like some food for breakfast.
I like a lot of food for dinner.
Most nouns in English have both singular and plural forms, and the plural is usually formed by adding "-s" to the singular. Most nouns in English have both singular and plural forms, and the plural is usually formed by adding “-s” to the singular. How to form the plural :
Noun ending | Forming the plural | Example |
---|---|---|
s, x, ch or sh | Add -es | boss bosses tax taxes bush bushes |
consonant + y | Change y to i then add -es | baby babies candy candies curry curries |
most others | Add -s | cat cats face faces day days |
Although most nouns have plurals formed according to regular rules, some nouns have unusual, or irregular plurals. This page will introduce the most common ones, so that you can learn them.
Types of irregular plural
There are many types of irregular plural, but these are the most common:Noun type | Forming the plural | Example |
---|---|---|
Ends with -fe | Change f to v then Add -s | knife knives life lives wife wives |
Ends with -f | Change f to v then Add -es | half halves wolf wolves loaf loaves |
Ends with -o | Add -es | potato potatoes tomato tomatoes volcano volcanoes |
ends with -us | Change -us to -i | cactus cacti nucleus nuclei focus foci |
ends with -is | Change -is to -es | analysis analyses crisis crises thesis theses |
ends with -on | Change -on to -a | phenomenon phenomena criterion criteria |
ALL KINDS | Change the vowel or Change the word or Add a different ending | man men foot feet child children person people tooth teeth mouse mice |
Unchanging | Singular and plural are the same | sheep deer fish (sometimes) |
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