Example
one phone - two phones ( ex. I have a phone but my teacher has three phones.)
one dog - two dogs (ex. She has five dogs and the biggest dog is around 60 kg.)
one shirt - two shirts (ex. There are a lot of shirts in the shop but I cannot find a shirt I like.)
one dog - two dogs (ex. She has five dogs and the biggest dog is around 60 kg.)
one shirt - two shirts (ex. There are a lot of shirts in the shop but I cannot find a shirt I like.)
a watch - may watches (ex. My brother has just bought a new smart watch so he has two watches now.)
a mango - a lot of mangos (ex. I have only one cheap car but my friend has three expensive cars he is very rich.)
However, a few countable nouns only have a plural form in English. They take no singular form and here are some of them.
clothes _ I wash my clothes every weekend.
pants _ I have two pants and they are all black.
jeans _ I cannot wear jeans to work.
shorts _ Elementary students are required to wear shorts not pants.
pajamas _ Some people like to wear pajamas when they sleep.
Changing singular nouns to plural nouns
Count nouns are usually made plural by adding an "-s" or an "-es."
one boy, two boys
one folder, two folders
one box, two boxes
one church, two churches
Rule 1: If the noun ends in "consonant + y," change the "-y" to "-ies" to make it plural.
one family - two families
one party - two parties
However, a few countable nouns only have a plural form in English. They take no singular form and here are some of them.
clothes _ I wash my clothes every weekend.
pants _ I have two pants and they are all black.
jeans _ I cannot wear jeans to work.
shorts _ Elementary students are required to wear shorts not pants.
pajamas _ Some people like to wear pajamas when they sleep.
Changing singular nouns to plural nouns
Count nouns are usually made plural by adding an "-s" or an "-es."
one boy, two boys
one folder, two folders
one box, two boxes
one church, two churches
Rule 1: If the noun ends in "consonant + y," change the "-y" to "-ies" to make it plural.
one family - two families
one party - two parties
a cherry - cherries
a baby - babies
a candy - candies
However, if a vowel precedes the "-y," add just an "-s" to make it plural.
one toy - toys
one donkey - donkeys
a key - keys
a play - plays
a highway - highways
Rule 2: If the noun ends in "-s,-ss,-x,-o, -z,-ch,-sh," add "-es" to make it plural.
one potato, two potatoes
one tomato, two tomatoes
a glass-glasses
Rule 2: If the noun ends in "-s,-ss,-x,-o, -z,-ch,-sh," add "-es" to make it plural.
one potato, two potatoes
one tomato, two tomatoes
a glass-glasses
a dress-dresses
a bus-buses
a box-boxes
a batch-batches
a brush-brushes
a bus-buses
a box-boxes
a batch-batches
a brush-brushes
Rule 3: If the noun ends in "-f" or "-fe," change the "-f" to a "-v" and add "-ves."
one thief - two thieves
one hoof - two hooves
a wife - three wives
one thief - two thieves
one hoof - two hooves
a wife - three wives
a leaf - leaves
a knife - knives
a life - lives
Rule 4: If the nouns don’t follow rules 1,2 and 3, we simply add – “s”
a book –books
one student - students
a house - houses
a plane - planes
one horse - horses
Irregular nouns
Some nouns are irregular so to form a plural form we cannot add, -s, -es, or -ies. Irregular nun change the entire word. Here are some of them.
a man - a lot of men
a woman - a lot of women
a person - many people
a foot - two feet
a tooth - 32 teeth
a goose - a hundred geese
a mouse - plenty of mice
a child - five children
Non Count Nouns
Non count or uncountable nouns refer the the nouns that cannot be counted so they have noun plural forms and they always take a singular verbs.
Example
* All types of liquids are non-count nouns
water ( ex. There is a lot of sea water (not waters) on earth.
beer
oil
gasoline
lotion
* Abstract nouns
knowledge ( He has a lot knowledge (not knowledges) about plants.)
happiness
beauty
wind
air
love
passion
education
peace
kindness
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