Words: 322
Examples Singular Plural boat boats house houses 3 cat cats river rivers A noun ending in s, x, z, chi, SSH makes the plural by adding bus buses wish wishes pitch pitches box boxes A noun ending in a consonant and then makes the plural by dropping the y and adding penny pennies spy spies baby baa bees city cities daisy daisies Irregular nouns There are some irregular formations for noun plurals.
Some of the most common ones are listed below. Singular woman man chi lid tooth foot person leaf mouse goose half 4 Plural women men children teeth feet people leaves mice geese halves knife knives wife Wives life lives elves loaf loaves potato potatoes tomato tomatoes cactus cacti focus foci fungus fungi nucleus nuclei syllabus syllabi/syllabuses analysis analyses diagnosis diagnoses oasis oases thesis theses crisis crises phenomenon phenomena criterion criteria datum data Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural.
Singular plural sheep sheep fish deer species species aircraft aircraft Irregular verb/noun agreement Some nouns have a plural form but take a singular verb. Plural nouns used with a singular Sentence verb news The news is at 6. 0 p. M. Athletics Athletics is good for young people. 5 Linguistics is the study of language. Darts Darts is a popular game in England. Billiards is played all over the billiards world. Some nouns have a fixed plural form and take a plural verb.
They are not used in the singular, or they have a different meaning in the singular. Nouns like this include: trousers, jeans, glasses, savings, thanks, steps, stairs, customs, congratulations, tropics, wages, spectacles, outskirts, goods, wits linguistics Plural noun with plural trousers jeans glasses My trousers are too tight. Her jeans are black. Those glasses are his. Singular & Plural Nouns 6 Singular Noun Definition:When a noun means one only, it is said to be singular.