Singular and Plural for Class 2

Here you have Singular and Plural for class 2, Learn how to change Singular Noun into Plural form. Let’s Understand Carefully and after this you will get Exercises and Worksheets for practice, Answers are also given but try to do yourself.

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Countable Nouns/Common Noun have to Numbers:-

1. Singular Number
2. Plural Number

Singular Number

A Noun is said to be singular when it shows only a single person/ one Person, Place, animal, bird, things. Let’s understand with this Example, Boy means one boy.

We add a, and an before a Singular Nouns. Like A bat means one bat.

Examples – a boy, a fan, a table, a rat, a bat, a flower, a hen, a kite, a parrot, a hat, a man etc.

Plural Number

A noun that stands for more than one person, animal, place or thing is said to be in the plural number.

Examples – Two boys, Three birds, Four apples, Three tables, Two pens, Five chairs, Six cats.

Singular and Plural Rules for class 2

Rule 1: Addition of ‘s’ to change into Plural form. (Most of the nouns take ‘s’)

For Example : Hen – Hens, Rat- Rats, Boy- Boys, Book- Books

Singular	Plural
A cow	Two cows
A tree	Two trees
A book	Four books
An Apple	Three apple
An Egg	Four Eggs
An Umbrella	Five Umbrellas
A Students	Thirty Students
A Bird	Six Birds
A parrot	Ten Parrots
A Rat	Seven Rats

Rule 2: Add ‘es’ when nouns end in- ch, x, s and ss.

For Example : A Branch– Two branches, A class- Three classes, One Box- Two Boxes

Singular	Plural
Box	Boxes
match	matches
Brush	brushes
Branch	Branches
Glass	Glasses
Watch	Watches
Bench	Benches
Six	Sixes
Beach	beaches
Lunch	Lunches

Rule 3 : Nouns that end in a ‘vowel + Y’ take the letter ‘s’.

For Example : Day– Days

Singular	Plural
donkey	donkeys
ray	rays
Key	boys
Valley	valleys
essay	essays
Guy	Guys
Joy	Joys
Trey	Treys
bay	Bays
Kidney	Kidneys

Rule 4 : Nouns that end in a ‘consonant + Y’ take the letter ‘ies’.

For Example : Baby – Babies

Singular	Plural
Puppy	Puppies
Fairy	Fairies
Story	Stories
Family	Families
Party	Parties
Army	Armies
Lady	Ladies
Enemy	Enemies
Country	Countries
Berry	Berries

Rule 5 : Noun that end in ‘o’ take ‘es’.

For Example : Mango – Mangoes

Singular	Plural
Mango	Mangoes
Mosquito	Mosquitoes
Hero	Heroes
Tomato	Tomatoes
potato	Potatoes
volcano	volcanoes
Veto	Vetoes
Torpedo	Torpedoes
domino	dominoes
echo	echoes

Rule 6 : Some Nouns that end in ‘o’ take only ‘s’.

For Example : Photo – Photos 

Singular	Plural
photo	photos
radio	radios
piano	pianos
studio	studios
zoo	zoos
boo	boos
kangaroo	kangaroos
kilo	kilos
tattoo	tattoos
shampoo	shampoos
ratio	ratios

Rule 7 : Some nouns ending in ‘o’ may take both ‘s’ or ‘es’.

For Example : Bufallo – Buffalos/Buffaloes 

Singular	Plural
buffalo	buffalos/buffaloes
cargo	cargos/cargoes
volcano	volcanos/volcanoes
zero	zeros/zeroes
banjo	banjos/banjoes
halo	halos/haloes
mango	mangos/mangoes
motto	mottos/mottoes

Rule 8 : Noun that end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ usually change the f sound to v and add ‘s ‘ or ‘es’.

For Example : – Thief– Thieves

Singular	Plural
life	lives
leaf	leaves
knife	knives
wife	wives
hoof	hooves
housewife	housewives
half	halves
thief	thieves
shelf	shelves
loaf	loves
self	selves

Rule 9 : Some nouns are exception, they end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ but they do not change the f sound to v, They take ‘s’

For Example : Giraffe – Giraffes

Singular	Plural
giraffe	giraffes
cafe	cafes
cliff	cliffs
roof	roofs
belief	beliefs
safe	safes
gulf	gulfs
chef	chefs
bluff	bluffs
handkerchief	handkerchiefs
chief	chiefs
reef	reefs
Proof	Proofs

Rule 10: There are several nouns that do not follow any rules and have irregular plural form.

For Example : Teeth – Tooth

Singular	Plural
fish	fish
deer	deer
sheep	sheep
mouse	mice
man	men
child	children
foot	feet
goose	geese
person	people
woman	women
ox	oxen

Singular and Plural Worksheet For class 2

Worksheet 1- Fill in the blank 

Fill in the blank with the correct plural form of given words in the brackets.

1. There were three (dogs) _______ in the street.
2. There are four (apple) _____ in the basket.
3. (Child) _____ are jumping.
4. (Monkey)______ like Banana.
5. (Cat) ______  run very fast.
6. They have two (brother) _________.
7. Mohan bought (tomato)____, (potato)_____, and (onion)_______.
8. Fathers brought two (Chocolate) _______.
9. She wants to buy new (dress) ________.
10. Hen gives three (egg) ______.
11. Ritta ate three (mango) ________.
12. She drinks two (glass) ______  of milk daily.

Answers 

1. Apples
2. Children
3. Monkeys
4. Cats
5. Brothers
6. Tomatoes, Potatoes, Onions
7. dresses
8. Eggs
9. Mangoes
10. Glasses

Worksheet 2- Fill in the blank 

Fill in the blank with the correct plural form of given words in the brackets.

1. (Teacher) ________ teach in the class.
2. (Goose) ______ love to play in water.
3. (Child) ______ are playing n the garden.
4. She has eaten two (Orange) _______.
5. (Dog) ______ were chasing a cat.
6. She has three (Doll) _______.
7. Two (man) ______ were standing in the ground.
8. There are forty (student) _______ in the class.
9. He drank two (glass) ______ of juice.
10. The (lady) ______ wear blue dress.

Answers 

1. Teachers
2. Geese
3. Children
4. Oranges
5. Dogs
6. Dolls
7. Men
8. Students
9. Glasses
10. Ladies

Worksheet 3- Write S and P 

Write (S) for Singular and (P) for Plural.

1. I clean my teeth twice a day.
2. My father brought  mangoes.
3. Carpenter makes furniture.
4. Teachers teach in the class.
5. She made a cake and three pizzas.
6. The Boy has black shirts and the girl has blue dresses.
7. Vegetable Seller sells vegetables.
8. Cobbler mends our shoes.
9. Children are playing in the garden.
10. Geese love to play in the water.

Answers 

1. I clean my teeth (P) twice a day (S).
2. My father (S) brought mangoes (P).
3. Carpenter (S) makes furniture (P).
4. Teachers (P) teach in the class (S).
5. She made a cake (S) and three pizzas (P).
6. The Boy (S) has black shirts (P) and the girl (S) has blue dresses (P).
7. Vegetable Seller (S) sold vegetables (P).
8. Cobbler (S) mends our shoes (P).
9. Children (P) are playing in the garden (S).
10. Geese (P) love to play in the water.

Worksheet 4- Write Plural form

Write the Plural form of the following words.

1. Calf-
2. Hat-
3. Parrot-
4. Half-
5. Puppy-
6. Tooth-
7. giraffe-
8. Toy-
9. knife-
10. loaf-
11. photo-
12. Child-
13. Ox-
14. Fan-
15. Branch-

Answers 

1. Calves
2. hats
3. Parrots
4. halves
5. puppies
6. teeth
7. giraffes
8. Toys
9. knives
10. loaves
11. photos
12. Children
13. Oxen
14. Fans
15. Branches

Singular and Plural Exercise For class 2

Exercise 1- Write Plural form

Write in plural form-

1. Deer
2. Sheep
3. Leaf
4. Hat
5. Puppy
6. Orange
7. Knife
8. Monkey
9. Loaf
10. Day
11. Toy
12. Ox
13. Witch
14. Fox
15. Wife

Answers 

1. Deer
2. Sheep
3. Leaves
4. Hats
5. Puppies
6. Oranges
7. Knives
8. Monkeys
9. Loaves
10. Days
11. Toys
12. Oxen
13. Witches
14. Foxes
15. Wives

Exercise 2- Find Singular and Plural 

Write (S) for Singular Nouns, and (P) for Plural Nouns.

1. Five Little Monkeys jumping on the bed.
2. A little Baby playing with toys.
3. Three Babies are crying for a doll.
4. The Man and the Women were sitting in the car.
5. Thirty Students are studying in the class.
6. She ate Three apples and one orange.
7. My Father brought fruits and Vegetables.
8. Three Birds are sitting on a tree.
9. I saw an elephant, two ducks, and three Parrots in the Zoo.
10. She saw sheep grazing in the Field.

Answers 

1. Five Little Monkeys (P) jumping on the bed (S).
2. A little Baby (S) playing with toys (P) .
3. Three Babies (P) are crying for a doll (S).
4. The Man (S) and the Women (P) were Sitting in the car (S).
5. Thirty Students (P) are studying in the class (S).
6. She ate Three apples (P) and one orange (S).
7. My Father (S) brought fruits (P) and Vegetables (P).
8. Three Birds (P) are Sitting on a tree (S).
9. I saw an elephant (S), two ducks (P), and three Parrots (P) in the Zoo (S).
10. She saw sheep (P) grazing in the field (S).

Exercise 3- Write Singular Words 

Change Singular noun into plural and plural Nouns into Singular.

1. Person-
2. Days-
3. Roof-
4. Flies-
5. Hatch-
6. Leaves-
7. Volcano-
8. Feet-
9. Piano-
10. Mosquito-

Answers 

1. People
2. Day
3. Roofs
4. Fly
5. Hatches
6. Leaf
7. Volcanoes
8. Foot
9. Pianos
10. Mosquitoes

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