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A noun can mean ‘one’ or ‘more than one’ person, animal, place or thing.When we talk of one, we call it Singular.Examples : friend, tiger, house, book

When we talk about more than one, we call it Plural.Examples : friends, tigers, houses, books

We can change a singular noun to a plural noun in the following ways:

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balloon

book books

Singular Plural

balloons

mobilesmobile

pen pens

bottle bottles

1. By adding s

One and More than One

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matchbox

toothbrush

Singular Plural

matchboxes

watcheswatch

mango mangoes

potato potatoes

baby

butterfly

Singular Plural

babies

ladieslady

teddy teddies

2. By adding es

3. By changing Y into  ies

toothbrushes

butterflies

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calf

knife

Singular Plural

calves

leaves

wolves

leaf

wolf

loaf loaves

puppy puppies

4. some plurals end in ves

knives

foot

goose

Singular Plural

feet

geese

5. Some plurals are formed by changing internal vowels of their singular forms

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aircraft

deer

Singular Plural

aircraft

fish

sheep

fish

sheep

reindeer reindeer

deer

man

mouse

men

teethtooth

mice

6. Some plural nouns are the same as their singular forms.

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ExercisesA. See the following pictures and underline the correct words.

girl/girls

buffalo/buffaloes

bicycle/bicycles

key/keys

pencil/pencils

mango/mangoes

eraser/erasers

mouse/mice

book/books

balloon/balloons

potato/potatoes

dog/dogs

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B. See the following pictures and tick () the correct word.

A man has two hand/hands.

A book has many page/pages.

A sheep has two horn/horns.

A car has four wheels/wheel.

An insect has six leg/legs.

A horse has a tail/tails.

A butterfly has four wing/wings.

A tree has a trunk/trunks.

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C. Look at the given picture carefully. How many things can you see in it? Write their names and number in the blank spaces. One has been done for you.

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Form pairs. Ask each other to name five things(one and more than one) used in everyday life.

Example: I eat one apple every day. I carry my books to school.

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