Unit 1 Singular and Plural Nouns

Notes

 A singular noun is one person, animal, place or thing.

 A plural noun is two or more persons, animals, places or
things.
 Be careful when change a singular noun into a plural noun
will change its spelling.

For examples: Add ‘s’

Singular Plural Singular Plural

chair tie
hair pencil
boy ball
girl pen
book cat
dog rat

For examples: Add ‘es’

Singular Plural Singular Plural

tomato bus
brush dish
mosquitoes quiz
match potato
beach echo
hero box

For examples: Add ‘ves’

Singular Plural Singular Plural

leaf penknife
wolf pocketknife
 life wife
knife half
loaf thief
calf shelf

For examples: Irregular nouns

Singular Plural Singular Plural

man tooth
child mouse
foot person
woman policeman

For examples: No change

Singular Plural Singular Plural

sheep series
dear species
fish

Exercise 1: Write the plural form.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

eye teacher
match student
bush potato
donkey dress
beach grape
ruler apple
toe orange
hero clock
address doll
baby lamp
Exercise 2: Circle the correct nouns.

1. What is your (address/addresses)?

2. Do you have a (doll/ dolls)?

3. Teacher gives me an (apple/ apples)?

4. My sister has two red (dress/ dresses)?

5. (Grape/ Grapes) are my favourite fruit.

6. The old (clock/ clocks) belongs to my grandfather.

7. I visited the only (zoo/ zoos) in Melaka.

8. Mother peeled a (potato/ potatoes) for the soup.

9. Madam Lee is my Mathematics (teacher/ teachers).

10. My brother has two (ruler/ rulers).