English: Singular & Plural

In English, there are two kinds of nouns… singular, which means only one… and plural.  This means more than one.

Plurals in English are written in several different ways.  The most common way is to add an “S” at the end of the word.  For example;

Cat is single           Cats is plural    

Pencil is single         Pencils is plural   

For nouns ending in “s”, “sh,” “ck,” “o” or “x” we add “es” to make them plural:

Glass                                       becomes   Glasses      

Brush                                     is    Brushes           

Tomato                          is      Tomatoes             

Nouns ending in “y” have “ies” added to them:

Butterfly                       is    Butterflies    

Berry                               is      Berries      

Sometimes the middle of the word changes:

Goose                               is        Geese      

Mouse                                is       Mice     

Man                                                  is   Men                             

Woman                                    is    Women             

Some words seem to change completely…

Child                                         is    Children           

If the noun ends in “fe” or “f” we have to add “ves” to make it plural:

Knife                                   is    Knives            

Wolf                           is     Wolves           

And finally, some nouns don’t change at all!

Milk                                        stays      Milk    

Money                stays    Money    

Food                       is always Food         

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