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English: Singular & Plural

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i. Singular and Plural:

The noun that name only one person, place, animal or thing is called as Singular noun.

The noun that name more than one person, place or thing is called as Plural noun.

Examples:

Singular Plural
Ball Balls
Car Cars
Clock Clocks
Spoon Spoons 
Cup Cups
Pen Pens
Shoe Shoes
Chalk Chalks
Window Windows
Cap Caps
Foot Feet
Glass Glasses
Road Roads
Orange Oranges
Mango Mangoes
Watch Watches 
Box Boxes
Pencil Pencils
Book  Books
Fruit

Fruits

ii. Adding 's' or 'es'

Nouns that end with 'o' we can add 's'.

Nouns that end with 'o' but be for 'o' they have a consonant then we can add 'es' there.

Examples: 

Singular Plural
Cuckoo Cuckoos
Stereo  Stereos
Bamboo Bamboos
Igloo Igloos
Buffalo Buffaloes
Zero Zeros 
Echo Echoes
Hero Heroes
Oreo Oreos
Cargo

Cargoes

iii. Adding 'ys' or 'ies':

Nouns ending with consonant + y we can add 'ies'.

Nouns ending with vowels we can add 'ys'.

Examples:

Singular Plural
Cry Cries
Fairy  Fairies
Body Bodies
Fly Flies
Baby Babies
Key Keys
Tray Trays
Monkey Monkeys
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