90 Singular and Plural Words
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Singular and Plural Words List
Singular | Plural |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Man | Men |
Woman | Women |
Mouse | mice |
Louse | Lice |
Foot | Feet |
Tooth | Teeth |
Goose | Geese |
*Note the following exception:
Singular Forms | Plural Forms |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |