Singular and Plural for kids
A noun that stands for only one person, animal, place or thing is said to be in the singular Number
Examples – boy, bird, apple.
A noun that stands for more than one person, animal, place or thing is said to be in the plural number.
Example – boys, birds, apples.
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Singular and plural number in English grammar
Most nouns change from singular to plural by adding ‘s’ to the singular.
Singular | Plural |
---|---|
day | days |
horse | horses |
shoe | shoes |
table | tables |
Nouns that end in a ‘hissing’ sound such as ‘ch‘, ‘ss‘, ‘sh‘, ‘x‘ form their plurals by adding ‘es‘ to the singular.
Singular | Plural |
---|---|
bench | benches |
branch | branches |
watch | watches |
glass | glasses |
There are some nouns ending in ‘y‘ that make their plurals by changing ‘y‘ into ‘ies‘
Singular | Plural |
---|---|
army | armies |
baby | babies |
country | countries |
diary | diaries |
Some Nouns that end in ‘o‘ form their plurals by adding ‘es‘
Singular | Plural |
---|---|
mango | mangoes |
potato | potatoes |
mosquito | mosquitoes |
tomato | tomatoes |
Nouns that end in ‘f‘ or ‘fe‘ make their plurals by changing ‘f‘ or ‘fe‘ into ‘ves‘
Singular | Plural |
---|---|
calf | calves |
leaf | leaves |
loaf | loaves |
life | lives |
Some nouns change the whole word and some do not change at all
Singular | Plural |
---|---|
man | men |
tooth | teeth |
mouse | mice |
ox | oxen |
We say
Singular | Plural |
---|---|
ray | rays |
way | ways |
donkey | donkeys |
key | keys |
holiday | holidays |
We say
Singular | Plural |
---|---|
deer | deer |
sheep | sheep |
fish | fish |
Singular and plural Exercise/worksheet in English grammar for kids
Exercise 1: Write the singular of the following.
- Trees – _____
- Flies – _____
- Deer – _____
- Ways – _____
- Bodies – _____
- Stories – _____
- Gentlemen – _____
- Chimneys – _____
- Boys – _____
- Mice – _____
Exercise 2: Answer the following given below.
- Plural of mosquito – _____
- Singular of mice – _____
- Singular of geese – _____
- Plural of the city – _____
- Plural of echo – _____
- Plural of ox – _____
- Plural of louse – _____
- Plural of roof – _____
- Plural of story – _____
- Plural of tooth – _____
Exercise 3: Change the following sentences into their Singular form.
- The babies are sleeping.
- The potatoes are in your plates.
- My feet are all white.
- Are your T-shirts clean?
- The matches start at 6.
- The sheep are eating some grass.
- The knives are on the tables.
- The children always play in the parks.
- The buses are late.
- The men in the cars are wearing glasses.
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