Nouns

Singular

and

Plural1. Adding an -s

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A noun may be singular.This means there is only one thing.

one pen one cat one car

A noun may be plural.

This means there is more than one thing.

lots of carslots of catslots of pens

Add an –s to each word to form the plural.

pen

scatscars

so

a chairlots of chairs

a birdlots of birds

a farmerlots of farmers

a flowerflowers

a coat

coats

teacherteachers

So for some nouns you add an –s to form the plural.

boys

elephantsrockets

RememberSingular means one.

Plural means more than one.

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