🔤 Singular vs Plural Nouns
Singular nouns → means only one person, place, animal, or thing.
Examples: cat 🐱, child 👦, book 📖.
Plural nouns → means more than one person, place, animal, or thing.
Examples: cats 🐱🐱, children 👦👧, books 📚📚.
Poem lines: 🎵
A dog is one, dogs are many,
A team is one, teams are plenty.
Count the things, name the groups, singular or plural, nouns are fun to loop! 🐶👥
💡 To make plurals, we follow rules. Look at the changes carefully:
| Rule | Singular | Plural |
| Add -s | cat 🐱 dog 🐶 book 📖 pen ✏️ toy 🧸 video 📹 belief 🙏 |
cats 🐱🐱 dogs 🐶🐶 books 📚📚 pens ✏️✏️ toys 🧸🧸 videos 📹📹 beliefs 🙏🙏 — |
| Add -es | bus 🚌 box 📦 fox 🦊 watch ⌚ brush 🪥 echo 📢 domino 🎲 peach 🍑 |
buses 🚌🚌 boxes 📦📦 foxes 🦊🦊 watches ⌚⌚ brushes 🪥🪥 echoes 📢📢 dominoes 🎲🎲 peaches 🍑🍑 |
| -y → -ies (after consonant) |
baby 👶 city 🌆 lady 👩 puppy 🐶 party 🎉 discovery 🔍 |
babies 👶👶 cities 🌆🌆 ladies 👩👩 puppies 🐶🐶 parties 🎉🎉 discoveries 🔍🔍 |
| -f → -ves | wolf 🐺 leaf 🍂 shelf 📚 thief 🦹♂️ werewolf🐺 |
wolves 🐺🐺 leaves 🍂🍂 shelves 📚📚 thieves 🦹♂️🦹♂️ werewolves 🐺🐺 |
| Latin/Greek forms | fungus 🍄 octopus 🐙 analysis 📊 cactus 🌵 crisis ⚠️ |
fungi 🍄🍄 octopuses 🐙🐙 analyses 📊📊 cacti 🌵🌵 (or cactuses) crises ⚠️⚠️ |
| Irregular | child 👦 man 👨 woman 👩 mouse 🐭 foot 🦶 goose 🦢 |
children 👦👧 men 👨👨 women 👩👩 mice 🐭🐭 feet 🦶🦶 geese 🦢🦢 |
| No change | sheep 🐑 deer 🦌 species 🐟 fish 🐠 aircraft ✈️ |
sheep 🐑🐑 deer 🦌🦌 species 🐟🐟 fish 🐠🐠 aircraft ✈️✈️ |
🐄 Plural vs Collective Nouns
Some nouns can be used as a plural noun (more than one individual) or a collective noun (a group treated as one unit).
"Plural counts each one you see, 🐄🐦🏀 "
"Collective thinks of them together as one, 👥 "
Examples Table 📊
| Plural Noun 🐾 | Collective Noun 👥 | Example Sentences | Meaning / Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| cows 🐄🐄 | herd 👥 | Plural: "There are 15 cows in the field. " Collective: "The herd of cows is grazing peacefully. " |
Plural = counting individual cows; Collective = referring to the group as one unit. Herd is a collective noun and cows is a common noun. |
Poem lines: 🎵
"A noun is a naming word. 🎈
"Proper nouns are special, common nouns are plain. 🖋️
"Count if you can, measure if you can't. 🔢
"If five senses find it, concrete is right. If only mind feels it, abstract’s in sight. 👀💭
"Common names for one, collective for a bunch, remember both for a learning punch! 💪
"One is singular, more is plural, watch the endings – that's the rule! 🔤