Singular & Plurals

Revisit: Singular Noun and Plural Noun for Class 1 English

A singular noun denotes only one, while a plural noun denotes more than one. Most plural nouns are formed by adding ‘s’ or ‘es’ at the end of a singular noun. Depending on what letter a noun ends in, pluralization rules can vary greatly. In this topic, students will get to learn about the rules of making singular nouns into plural nouns. Students can check the chapter on difference between one and many.

In this learning concept, the students will learn about:

• The list of singular and plural nouns.
• Definition and examples of irregular plurals.
• Common mistakes while using them in a sentence.

Each concept is explained to class 1 English students using examples, illustrations, and concept maps. After you go through a concept, assess your learning by solving the two printable worksheets given at the end of the page.

Download the singular plural worksheets pdf and check your answers with the worksheet solutions provided in PDF format.

Nouns:

A) Singular Noun Definition:

• A singular noun talks about only one person, place, animal, or thing.
• Examples of singular nouns show only one person – doctor, carpenter, place – park, lake, animal – frog, monkey, and object – camera, pencil.

B) Plural Noun:

• A plural noun talks about more than one person, animal, place, or thing.
• Above mentioned pictures are examples of plural nouns because they denote more than one person – girls, farmers, places – hospitals, schools, animal – snakes, cats, and thing – shoes, cars.

Examples:

Nouns	Singular Nouns		Plural Nouns
Person
Place
Animals
Things

Rules to Make Singular Nouns into a Plural noun

a) Add ‘s’ with the singular noun to make it into a plural noun.

Examples:

The singular form is ‘dog’.

The plural form is ‘dogs’.

To make a singular noun into a plural noun, we added ‘-s’ with the singular noun.

b) Add ‘-es’ if a singular noun ends with ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘x’, or ‘z’.

These nouns are known as irregular nouns.

Examples:

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
i) bus	buses
ii) dress	dresses
iii) beach	beaches
iv) brush	brushes
v) fox	foxes
vi)witch	witches

c) If a singular noun ends with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add a ‘s’ with the singular noun to make it into a plural noun.

Examples:

d) When a singular noun ends with a consonant and ‘y’, change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘-es’ with the singular noun to make into a plural noun.

Examples:

Common mistakes:

There are a few irregular nouns that don’t add letters at the end of a singular noun to make it a plural one. These plural nouns change the words themselves. Don’t add ‘-s’ or ‘-es’ with the singular nouns to turn them into plural nouns.

Examples:

I have two children.

I have two childs.

Singular Nouns	Plural Nouns
i) Man	Men
ii) Woman	Women
iii) Child	Children
iv) Goose	Geese
v) Foot	Feet
vi)Ox	Oxen
vii)Mouse	Mice