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Singular and plural nouns SPELLING RULES FOR PLURALS

To make most nouns
plural, “-s” is added to
Nouns in English do not have a gender. They change form See also: the singular noun.
depending on whether they are singular, meaning there is Adjectives 92 Articles 63
one, or plural, meaning there is more than one. Irregular plurals R24

COMMON NOUNS
Common nouns often come after articles.
Adjectives describe nouns. IRREGULAR PLURALS

For nouns ending in “-s,” “-x,” “-z,” “Man” and “woman,” and words made from them,
“-ch,” and “-sh,” “-es” is added. such as in job names, have irregular plural forms.

When a word ends in a
singular “-z,” the “z” is
doubled and “-es” added.
PROPER NOUNS
Nouns that refer to specific names of people, places, days, and
months are called proper nouns, and begin with a capital letter.

For nouns ending in a consonant followed by Some other nouns have completely irregular plurals.
a “-y,” the “-y” is dropped and “-ies” is added. A good dictionary can be used to check these.
Egypt is a country, so it “Country” is a
begins with a capital letter. common noun.

FURTHER EXAMPLES

For nouns ending in “-o,” the plural is usually Some nouns do not change in the plural.
formed by adding “-es.” If the noun ends in vowel
plus “-o,” the plural is formed by adding “-s.”

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