Plural Nouns

Plural Nouns

By Chea Sokchenda, BA, B.SC.,

1. Most of nouns are regular, they form the plural one by adding "-s" to their own. 

Example:  

Singular Nouns	Plural  Nouns
Car  Book  Dog Pen Marker Television Camera Bag Photograph House	Cars Books Dogs Pens Markers Televisions Cameras Bags Photographs Houses

2. We add “-es” to a noun which ended with “-s, -ch, -sh, -x or -z”

Example:  

Singular Nouns	Plural  Nouns
Bus Sandwich Dish Box Quiz	Buses Sandwiches Dishes Boxes Quizzes’

3. We sometimes need to change “-y” to “-ies”​​ to the noun which is finished with consonant sound + y

Example:  

Singular Nouns	Plural  Nouns
Country City Baby Story Party	Countries Cities Babies Stories Parties

4. We only add “-s” to the noun that is ended with Vowel sound + y.

Example:  

Singular Nouns	Plural  Nouns
Day Key Boy Guy   Donkey	Days Keys Boys Guys   Donkeys

5. To the noun that is ended with “-f or -fe,” we usually change to “ - ves”

Example:  

Singular Nouns	Plural  Nouns
Knife Life Leaf	Knives Li ves Leaves

6. Some nouns are irregular, so you need to remember as well.

Example:  

Singular Nouns	Plural  Nouns
Person Man Woman Child Foot Tooth	People Men Women Children Feet Teeth

7. Some nouns have the same form both in singular or plural.

Example:  

Singular Nouns	Plural  Nouns
Fish Series Species Sheep Deer	Fish Series Species Sheep Deer