Singular and Plural Nouns
Nouns have a certain gender (feminine and masculine) and a certain number (singular and plural. A singular noun is one that designates a single object or individual. For example: plant, ring. A plural noun is one that designates to two or more equal objects, for example: plants, rings . 100 singular and plural words in English
A noun is a word that designates or names an animate or inanimate being, as well as concepts.
Examples of singular and plural nouns
List of Singular and plural words with rules
- Cat: cats
- Apple: apples
- Onion: onions (onions)
- Bird: brids (birds)
- Truck: trucks
- Car: cars
- House: houses
- Window: windows
- Boy: boys
- Desk: desks
- Room: rooms
- Cupboard: cupboards
- Toy: toys
- Chair: chairs
- Shoe: shoes
Examples of hissing words 100 singular and plural words in English
Nouns that end with “ch”, “s”, “sh”, “x”, and “z” are called sibilants. These types of words form plurals by adding the ending “-es”.
- Bench: benches
- Kiss: kisses
- Fox: foxes (foxes)
- Bus: buses (buses)
- Witch: witches
- Box: boxes
- Wish: wishes
- Bush: bushes (shrubs)
- Class: classes
- Ash: ashes (ashes)
- Lunch: lunches (lunches)
- Church: churches
- Scratch: scratches
- Brush: brushes
- Match: matches
Examples of words ending in a consonant + and
When a noun ends in “y” preceded by a consonant, the plural is formed by removing the “y” and adding the ending “-ies”
- Baby: babies
- Family: families
- Library: libraries
- Party: parties
- Agency: agencies
- Urgency: urgencies
- Tendency: tendencies
- City: cities
- Country: countries
- Fly: flies
Examples of words ending in a consonant + or:
Some nouns ending in “o” preceded by a consonant form the plural by adding the ending “-es”.
- Domino: dominoes (dominoes)
- Potato: potatoes
- Tomato: tomatoes
- Hero: heroes
- Zero: zeroes (zeros)
Examples of words ending in “f” or “faith” 100 singular and plural words in English
Most of the words ending in “f” or formal plural “faith” by removing the f and adding the ending “-ves”. However, it does not happen in all cases.
- Half: halves (halves)
- Knife: knives
- Life: lives
- Thief: thieves
- Wife: wives (wives)
Examples of irregular plurals 100 singular and plural words in English
Each of the irregular nouns plural forms in a specific way, without responding to any rules. Some of them have the same form for the plural as for the singular. 100 singular and plural words in English
- Child: children
- Foot: feet
- Goose: geese (goose)
- Fish: fish
- Man: men (men)
- Woman: women
- Tooth: teeth
- Deer: deer
- Mouse: mice
- Person: people
