Normally, you just add an 's'.
- eg. boy --> boys, home --> homes, boot --> boots, bath --> baths
If the word ends in 'x', 'z', 's', 'ss', 'ch', or 'sh', you add an 'es'.
- eg. fox --> foxes, buzz --> buzzes, bus --> buses, glass --> glasses, church --> churches, wish --> wishes
If the word ends in a consonant + 'y', you change the 'y' to an 'i' and add 'es'.
- eg. country --> countries, fly --> flies
- But note: if a word ends in a vowel + 'y', you just add 's' (eg. lay --> lays, toy --> toys)
There are some exceptions that don't follow these rules. You just have to learn those each individually.
- eg. goose --> geese, deer --> deer, mouse --> mice
You mean in English?
Normally you just take the -s off the end: tables > table
But sometimes you need to change the final vowel(s). If a singular noun ends in a -y, such as teddy, buddy, cemetery, then the plural ends in -ies: teddies, buddies, cemeteries. So to convert it back to singular, you take of the -s and change the -ie back into a -y.
Singular nouns work with singular adjectives, whereas plural nouns work with plural adjectives.
Both are singular nouns.
Nouns that are always plural with no singular form are:newsmathematicsclothes
Declining nouns is spelling the nouns to reflect number, gender, and case.For example:person (singular), persons (plural)person's (singular possessive case), persons' (plural possessive case)In English, there is no gender form for the noun 'person', the gender nouns are different words: man (singular, male), men (plural, male), woman (singular, female), women (plural female)girl (singular, female), girls (plural, female), boy (singular, male), boys (plural, male)man's, woman's, girl's, boy's (singular, possessive case)men's, women's, girls', boys' (plural, possessive case)Many nouns in English do not have variations for number or gender.Some nouns are called 'uncountable' nouns, words that are singular or plural only; for example:oxygen has no plural form.news has no singular formeducation has no plural formAs the example of the noun 'person' above, many nouns in English are called 'common gender nouns', a word for a male or a female. Examples of common gender nouns are: parent, parentsteacher, teachershorse, horsesfly, fliesThe last group of nouns are called 'neuter nouns', word for things that have no gender, for example: house, houseshamburger, hamburgersfoot, feetanswer, answers
Changeable is an adjective. It remains the same for both singular and plural nouns.
To convert a singular noun into a plural possessive form, simply add an apostrophe after the "s" of the plural form of the noun. For example, "dog" becomes "dogs'" in its plural possessive form.
Verbs cannot be singular or plural. Were is after plural nouns.
"Has" is singular, e.g. He has, she has. "Have" is plural, e.g. They have, we have. The exception is "I" - e.g. I have.
The verb reviewed is used after both singular and plural nouns.
Verbs cannot be singular or plural. Has is after singular nouns.
Examples of nouns that are plural in form but singular in meaning:pajamaspoliticsnewsglassesbinocularsscissorspantsshortstrouserstongstweezersmathematicsspeciesclothescongratulationsmolassesmumpsphysicseconomicscivicsaerobaticsgymnasticsmeasles
Two kinds of nouns are common or proper, singular or plural.
Verbs are not plural or singular. Melting comes after both plural and singular nouns.
Singular nouns work with singular adjectives, whereas plural nouns work with plural adjectives.
Some nouns that are the same for the singular and the plural are:deerfishelksheepoffspringSome nouns are singular but appear to be plural; words that are a short form for 'a pair of...'. There is no plural for these nouns, the plurals are expressed by using 'pairs of...'. Some examples are:pantsshortsglassesscissorsbinocularsUncountable nouns have no plural form and take a verb for the singular. Some uncountable nouns are:moneyinformationnewsadviceelectricity
Examples of nouns that are both singular and plural are:aircraftdeerfishmeansmooseoffspringsalmonsheepshrimpspecies
plural-singular nouns