Tuesday 20 December 2011

PLURAL NOUNS


                                                           Plural nouns


If there are 2 or more than 2 people, places or things, it is called Plural noun

If a singular noun ends in sh; ch, ss or x, we add ‘es’ to form a plural noun

Examples: watch- watches , batch-batches, kiss-kisses, box-boxes, match-matches, dish -dishes, witch- witches.

                                   He sells watches
                                   They have two batches
                                   My son gives me kisses
                                   There are some boxes             
                                   There are 3 dishes
                                   There are 3 witches in the garden

If a singular noun ends in ‘by, ry ,  we change ‘y’ into I and add es to form a plural noun
Examples: baby-babies, berry-berries, cherry-cherries, curry-curries, lorry -lorries country- countries, secretary-secretaries
        
                                   I have two babies
                                   Her grandfather ate 4 berries
                                   I like cherries
                                   My mother cooked 3 curries
                                   That person owns 10 lorries
                                   


If a singular noun ends in oy, ey, ay, we add s to form a plural noun
Examples: toy- toys, boy-boys, day- days, ray- rays, donkey- donkeys, key- keys, way-ways.                        
                                  I have many toys
                                  The boy are playing
                                  The sun rays harm skin
                                  I want two days’ time
                                  The donkeys are on the road
                                  Where are my keys?
                                  There are 5 ways to reach that place
                                   
    



We can use ‘s’ to form plural nouns with  any other noun.
Examples: Pen-pens, sin-sins , son-sons, gun-guns, book-books, lie- lies, door-doors etc..


                                  Where are my pens?
                                   Don’t  do sins
                                   My sons are students
                                   We have two books
                                   Don’t tell me lies
                                   Close the doors
                                 


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