Nouns (singular and plural)

Август 13, 2022

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Nouns (singular and plural)

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2. Adding - s [z] – after voiced consonants and vowels: Room – rooms Pencil – pencils
3. Adding – es: [iz] – after ss, x, sh, ch: Class – classes Box – boxes
4. Y Before “Y” there is a consonant: City-cities Army- armies Factory- factories BUT: Toy – toys
5. O - + ES Potato – potatoes Tomato – tomatoes Hero – heroes BUT: video –
6. F Wolf- wolves Leaf-leaves V + ES FE V + ES Knife- knives Life – lives
7. IRREGULAR NOUNS Man – men Woman – women Foot – feet Tooth – teeth Goose- geese
8. Latin and Greek Nouns - UM Datum – data Memorandum – memoranda Erratum – errata Addendum
9. Nouns that have one form for singular and plural Barracks – barracks Crossroads – crossroads Headquarters
10. Nouns that have no plural Money News Billiards Draughts Measles Mumps Mathematics Physics Athletics Knowledge Information
11. Nouns that have no singular Cattle Police Clothes Staff Trousers, jeans, pants, pyjamas, tights, shorts Scales,
12. Nouns that change their meaning when used in plural Statistics is – a science Statistics are
13. Measures have plurals without –s: Dozen Hundred Thousand Million Billion Stone (14 pounds) Foot (12 inches)
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Adding - s
[z] – after voiced consonants and vowels:
Room – rooms
Pencil

– pencils
Shoe – shoes
Chair - chairs
[s] – after voiceless consonants:
Book – books
Map – maps
[iz] – after –se, ce, ze, ge:
Horse – horses
Place - places
Prize - prizes
Judge - judges

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Adding – es:
[iz] – after ss, x, sh, ch:
Class – classes
Box

– boxes
Brush - brushes
Church- churches

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Y
Before “Y” there is a consonant:
City-cities
Army- armies
Factory- factories
BUT:
Toy – toys
Boy

- boys

I+ES

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O - + ES
Potato – potatoes
Tomato – tomatoes
Hero – heroes
BUT:
video

– videos
radio- radios
piano- pianos
photo-photos
Solo – solos
Soprano-sopranos
Zoo-zoos
Avocado – avocados
Commando-commandos
Concerto-concertos
Euro-euros
Kilo-kilos
Logo-logos

BOTH – ES AND –S:
Buffalo – buffalo(e)s
Cargo – cargo(e)s
Mosquito – mosquito(e)s
Motto – motto(e)s
Tornado – tornado(e)s
Volcano-volcano(e)s

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F
Wolf- wolves
Leaf-leaves
V + ES
FE
V + ES
Knife- knives
Life – lives

BUT:
Roof- roofs
Chief-chiefs
Handkerchief-handkerchiefs
Safe-safes
Belief- beliefs
Wharf- wharfs\wharves

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IRREGULAR NOUNS
Man – men
Woman – women
Foot – feet
Tooth – teeth
Goose- geese
Mouse

– mice
Louse- lice
Ox - oxen
Child- children
Penny – pence

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Latin and Greek Nouns
- UM
Datum – data
Memorandum – memoranda
Erratum –

errata
Addendum – addenda
- ON

Phenomenon – phenomena
Criterion - criteria

- IS

Crisis – crises
Basis – bases
Thesis – theses
Diagnosis – diagnoses
Oasis - oases

Formula – formulae
Antenna – antennae
Vertebra – vertebrae

US I
Fungus – fungi
Cactus – cacti
Stimulus – stimuli
Radius – radii
Nucleus – nuclei
Octopus – octopi \ octopuses

NOTE:
Data and Media are now used as singular nouns.

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Nouns that have one form for singular and plural
Barracks – barracks
Crossroads

– crossroads
Headquarters – headquarters
Means – means
Series – series
Species – species
Swiss – Swiss
Works (factory) – works
Fish – fish
Deer – deer but reindeer – reindeer(s)
Swine – swine
Sheep - sheep
Fruit – fruit
Craft – craft
Aircraft – aircraft
Hovercraft – hovercraft
Spacecraft –spacecraft
Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese
Die\dice – dice

NOTE:
Fruits – various types of fruit
Fishes – various types of fishes

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Nouns that have no plural
Money
News
Billiards
Draughts
Measles
Mumps
Mathematics
Physics
Athletics
Knowledge
Information
Progress
Advice
Sugar
Iron
Love
Vacation

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Nouns that have no singular
Cattle
Police
Clothes
Staff
Trousers, jeans, pants, pyjamas, tights,

shorts
Scales, scissors, glasses, spectacles, goggles, binoculars, pliers, tongs
Arms (guns), congratulations, contents, customs (at a frontier), earnings, funds, goods, groceries, leftovers, lodgings, manners (social behaviour), the Middle Ages, oats, odds, odds-and-ends, outskirts, premises, proceeds, refreshments, regards, remains, savings, supplies, surroundings, riches, rags, thanks, troops, valuables, wages.

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