90 Singular and Plural Words

Singular and Plural Words List

Singular	Plural
Woman	Women
Man	Men
Child	Children
Tooth	Teeth
Foot	Feet
Person	People
Leaf	Leaves
Mouse	Mice
Table	Tables
Chair	Chairs
Father	Fathers
Mother	Mothers
Sister	Sisters
Uncle	Uncles
Singular	Plural
Bird	Birds
Boy	Boys
Bone	Bones
Cow	Cows
Toy	Toys
Horse	Horses
Cat	Cats
Dog	Dogs
Hand	Hands
Leg	Legs
Shop	Shops
Car	Cars
Jar	Jars
Gas	Gasses
Ass	Asses
Lass	Lasses
Class	Classes
Bush	Bushes
Glass	Glasses
Singular	Plural
Bench	Benches
Inch	Inches
Clutch	Clutches
Watch	Watches
Box	Boxes
Fox	Foxes
Boy	Boys
Day	Days
Donkey	Donkeys
Essay	Essays
Key	Keys
Radio	Radios
Buffalo	Buffaloes
Hero	Heroes
Mango	Mangoes
Monkey	Monkeys
Ray	Rays
Army	Armies
Baby	Babies
City	Cities
Copy	Copies
Country	Countries
Sky	Skies
Cry	Cries
Duty	Duties
Family	Families
Fly	Flies
Lady	Ladies
Story	Stories
Bamboo	Bamboos
Hoof	Hoofs
Cuckoo	Cuckoos
Potato	Potatoes
Calf	Calves
Leaf	Leaves
Loaf	Loaves
Life	Lives
Knife	Knives
Half	Halves
Self	Selves
Thief	Thieves
Wife	Wives
Chief	Chiefs
Cliff	Cliffs
Proof	Proofs
Man	Men
Woman	Women
Mouse	Mice
Louse	Lice
Ox	Oxen
Deer	Deer
Dozen	Dozen
Fish	Fish
Hair	Hair
News	News
Poetry	Poetry
Scissors	Scissors
Sheep	Sheep
Trousers	Trousers
Child	Children
Stepson	Stepsons
Maidservant	Maidservants
Class fellow	Class fellows
Father-in-law	Fathers-in-law
Mother-in-law	Mothers-in-law
Sister-in-law	Sisters-in-law
Brother-in-law	Brothers-in-law
Daughter-in-law	Daughters-in-law
Son-in-law	Sons-in-law

 

Singular Noun Examples

The following sentences contain singular nouns examples –

• She is wearing a hat.
• She ate the birthday cake on her birthday.
• There was a mouse in the lady’s room.
• I presented a gift to my friend on her birthday.
• There was a dog barking at that child.

Plural Noun Examples

The following sentences contain Plural nouns examples –

• There are more than one hundred hats in that shop.
• They ate their birthday cakes.
• There were many mice in the lady’s room.
• My friends presented me with a large number of gifts on my birthday.
• There were many street dogs barking at those children.

How to get plurals of singular nouns?

A. By adding ‘s’ to the singular form – Look at the singular and plural forms of the following nouns:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Boy	Boys
Girl	Girs
Cat	Cats
Dog	Dogs
Brother	Brothers
Sister	Sisters
king	kings
Chair	Chairs
Book	Books

B. If a singular form ends in s, sh, ch, x, or z we get its plural forms by adding – es :

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Gas	Gases
Class	Classes
Bush	Bushes
Fish	Fishes
Dishes	Bench
Benches	Benches
Box	Boxes
Fox	Foxes
Buzz	Buzzes

C. If a singular form and a consonant + Y we get its plural form by adding the Y and adding ies:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Lady	Ladies
Fly	Flies
Baby	Babies
Story	Stories
Army	Armies
City	Cities

D. If a singular form ends in a vowel + Y we get it by adding – s:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Boy	Boys
Toy	Toys
Key	Keys
Monkey	Monkeys
Valley	Valleys

E. If a singular form ends in a consonant + O its plurally is obtained by adding – es:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Mango	Mangoes
Tomato	Tomatoes
Potato	Potatoes
Hero	Heroes

Some scientific and technical words like Dynamo, Canto, Quarto, Piano, Photo, Stereo, Ratio, etc are turned into a plural by the addition of – S.

Exceptions

F. Some singular forms end in a vowel + O. They are turned into plural forms simply by adding – s:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Radio	Radios
Studio	Studios
Folio	Folios
Bamboo	Bamboos

G. If a singular form ends – F or – FE its plural is obtained by dropping the – F or – FE and then adding – ves:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Leaf	Leaves
Thief	Thieves
Knife	Knives
Life	Lives
Loaf	Loaves

But the following singular forms are turned into plural only by adding – s

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Cafe	Cafes
Proof	Proofs
Roof	Roofs
Belief	Beliefs

H. Some singular forms are turned into plural forms by changing their internal vowels:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Man	Men
Woman	Women
Mouse	mice
Louse	Lice
Foot	Feet
Tooth	Teeth
Goose	Geese

*Note the following exception:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Ox	Oxen
Child	Children
Brother	Brethren (Old Use)

In the case of some countable nouns, the plural forms are exactly the same as their singular forms:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Sheep	Sheep
Deer	Deer
Swine	Swine

I. There are some compound nouns whose singular forms are turned into plural only turning the principal words into plural:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Son-in-law	Sons-in-law
Father-in-law	Fathers-in-law
Passer-by	Passers-by
Looker-on	Lookers-on
Maid-servant	Maid-servants
Boy-scout	Boy Scouts
Commander-in-chief	Commanders-in-chief
Governor-general	Governors-general
Secretary-general	Secretaries-general
Man-hour	Man-hours
Man-eater	Men-eater

J. It is useful to learn the plural form of some foreign words sometimes used in English sentences:

Singular Forms	Plural Forms
Formula	Formulae
Larva	Larvae
Alumnus	Alumni
Bacillus	Bacilli
Focus	Foci, focuses
Fungus	Fungi
Radius	Radii
Stimulus	Stimuli
Bacterium	Bacteria
Curriculum	Curricula
Datum	Data
Medium	Media
Memorandum	Memoranda
Forum	Fora
Stratum	Strata
Index	Indices
Axis	Axes
Analysis	Analyses
Crisis	crises
Hypothesis	Hypotheses
Oasis	Oases