I – 5 NOUN-NUMBER
1] By
adding “-s”
Boy, girl, book, rod, tree, pencil, pen,
2] By
adding “-es” to words which end
with “s”, “ss”, “sh”
Bus,
bush, tax, box, bench, torch, coach, touch,
3] By removing “f”, “lf”,
“fe” and adding “ves”
Leaf,
calf, wife, leaf, life, knife,
4] By removing “y’ and adding “ies”
Baby,
lady, city, story, sky,
5] By adding “en”
Ox, fox,
6] By changing “a” into “e”
Man,
woman, postman, postwoman,
7] By changing “oo” into “ee”
Tooth,
foot, goose,
8] By changing “ouse” into “ice”
Mouse,
louse,
9] For compound words-1
Father-in-law,
mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
10] For compound words-2
Step-father,
step-mother, maid-servant, man-servant, class-room
11] Always singular
Physics,
mathematics, news, innings, tidings,
12] Always plural
Scissors,
spectacles, trousers, drawers, measles, nuptials,
13] Singular and plural same.
Sheep,
deer, swine, cod, fish,
14] Uncountables become countables
Rice
is uncountable, but when it is poured in bags it becomes countable.
Two
bags of rice, five cups of tea, four cans of water, two tucks of sand
15] Pronouns
I-we, he-they, she-they, one-many,
16] Foreign words
Medium-media,
erratum-errata, axis-axes, radius-radii, formula-formulae, index-indicies,
crisis-crises,
17] certain forms have two plural forms
Cloth – cloths, clothes fish – fish, fishes
Die - dies,
dice index
– indexes, indices
18] certain nouns have one meaning in singular
form and another in the second form.
Light – lights wood – woods people – peoples
Force – forces physic – physics work – works
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