ANIMALS

Singular Lion Cat Tiger Elephant Hamster Snake Horse Giraffe Bear Bird Crocodile Plural Lions Cats Tigers Elephants Hamsters Snakes Horses Giraffes Bears Birds Crocodiles

FRUITS
Singular Apple Orange Banana Grape Kiwi Starfruit Watermelon Papaya Durian Rambutan Mangosteen Plural Apples Oranges Bananas Grapes Kiwis Starfruits Watermelons Papayas Durians Rambutans Mangosteens

IN THE CLASSROOM
Singular Bus Bicycle Train Aeroplane Boat Ferry Car Motorcycle Trishaw Lorry Van Plural Buses Bicycles Trains Aeroplanes Boats Ferries Cars Motorcycles Trishaws Lorries Vans

TRANSPORTATION
Singular Chair Table Chalk Book Pencil Eraser Sharpener Ruler Paper Dustbin Cupboard Plural Chairs Tables Chalks Books Pencils Erasers Sharpeners Rulers Papers Dustbins Cupboards

SINGULAR NOUN
When we are talking about just one person, animal, place or thing, we use a singular noun.

PLURAL NOUN
When we are talking about two or more people, animals, places or things, we have to make the countable nouns plural.

FORMATION OF THE PLURAL NOUNS

By adding s to the singular word. Singular Comb Day Eraser Bottle Plural Combs Days Erasers Bottles

By adding es to nouns ending with s, sh, ch and x. Singular Bus Clutch Bush Box Dish Plural Buses Clutches Bushes Boxes Dishes

By changing y after a consonant into ies.

Singular Lorry Diary Army Curry Baby Plural Lorries Diaries Armies Curries Babies

By adding es to nouns ending with o. Singular Potato Buffalo Echo Tomato Hero Plural Potatoes Buffaloes Echoes Tomatoes Heroes

By adding s if y comes after a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) Singular Donkey Joy Key Ray Valley Plural Donkeys Joys Keys Rays Valleys

EXERCISE A 1) The cat is sitting on my (bed, beds). 2) There are five (pencils, pencil) on my desk. 3) I have two (sisters, sister). 4) They are riding their (bikes bike). 5) We have a (dog, dogs). 6) How many (books, book) do you have in your bag? 7) My mother has a new (computer, computers). 8) There are three windows in the (room, rooms). 9) Susan has four (posters, posters). 10) There is one (pen, pens) on the floor.

EXERCISE B 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) I have three (child, children). There are five (man, men) and one (woman, women). (Baby, Babies) play with bottles as toys. I put two big (potato, potatoes) in the lunch box. A few men wear (watch, watches). I put a (memo, memos) on the desk. I saw a (mouse, mice) running by. There are few (bus, buses) on the road today. (Acoustics, Acoustic) is the study of sounds. He soon came to a (crossroads, crossroad).

ANSWERS
EXERCISE A
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Bed Pencils Sisters Bikes Dog Computer Books Room Posters Pen

EXERCISE B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Children Men, Woman Babies Potatoes Watches Memo Mouse Buses Acoustics Crossroads

EXERCISE C
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Flowers Tools Boxes Trees Flashes Churches Lunches Apples Peaches Trucks 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 110 Waltzes Crashes Blankets Taxes Dogs Eggs Cars Beaches Wishes Clouds

MODULE OF NOUNS PREPARED BY

NOR AIN BT AB MANAF NUR ATHIRAH BT SHAFIE

Underline the correct answer EXERCISE C

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