Plural nouns in English

 Plural nouns in English 

plural nouns in english

Today we will talk about one of the initial rules that you have definitely learned and it is        ( plural in English ) but, in this lesson we explain it more deeply so you have to attention so that you know how to put  the nouns in plural  English with all their forms .

First of all, we have to know that plural in English divided in to Two types : ( regular plural ) and it has a constant base that we will recognize it and (irregular plural ) which has many forms. In this lesson we review two types with many examples.

First – ( Regular plural )

Regular plural in English has fixed rule unchanged and it is an addition ( s ) at the end of the noun such as :

✔ Boy → boys 

✔ Girl → girls

But nevertheless, there are several exception that we have to recognize :

1-Nouns which ends with ( CH- X – S – Z ) or sound similar to sound ( s ), we add ( es ) at the end of the noun for examples :

✔ Box → boxes

✔ Fox → foxes

2-Nouns  which ends with a consonant letter + ( Y ), we deleted ( Y ) then add ( ies ) at the end of noun for examples :

✔ Baby → babies 

✔ Cherry → cherries 

-If the noun ends with a vowel letter + ( Y ), we add ( s ) at the end of the noun according to the basic rule for examples :

Way → Ways

3-If the noun ends with letter ( o ), we add ( es ) at the end of the noun such as :

Hero → Heroes

-But this rule can't be circulated to all nouns where there are nouns ends with ( o ) and when we placed in plural we add  only ( s ) for examples :

✔ Photo → photos

✔ video → videos

4-If the noun ends with ( f ) or ( fe ), we're converting ( f ) into ( v) and add ( s ) or ( es ) for examples :

✔ Leaf → leaves

✔ Knife → knives

All the foregoing is about ( regular plural ) and now, we move to second type is ( irregular plural) .

Second –( Irregular plural )

This kind of plural is not subject to a certain rule. Every base is anomalous, so we will get to know this kind at length.

1-The plural noun is similar to the single noun for examples :

✔ Fish → fish 

✔ man → men

✔ woman → women

2- Words look like plural but take the verb as singular such as :

News → Artists' s news is always exciting .

Mathematics → Mathematics is the hardest for me .

3- Words that don't always plural and treat as singular such as :

✔ Information

✔ luggage 

And so we go to the end of our lesson today, which was about the forms of plural and its different methods in English and also which is definitely a big addition to your information about plural in English .  


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