Number / One and Many / Class- 1-2-3-4 / New St. Mery English School

 What is Number?

Ans:- The noun which denotes one or more than one is called number.

How many types of number?

Ans:- There are two types of number

1- Singular Number

2- Plural Number

What is Singular Number?

Ans:- A naming word which refers to one person, animal, bird, thing or place is called singular number.

Ex:- a boy, a girl, an eagle, a chair etc

What is Plural Number?

Ans:- A naming word which refers to more than one person, animal, bird, thing or place is called plural number.

Ex:- boys, girls, eagles, chairs, etc

Rules for making plural number

1-  Generally we make plural of simple words by adding -'s'

Example -

cat            cats

plate        plates

piano        pianos

shop        shops

2- If the last alphabet of a word is either -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x and -o . then we add -es to make plural

Example-

bus                buses

glass            glasses

brush            brushes

bench            benches

fox                foxes

tomato        tomatoes 

3- If the last alphabet of a word is 'y' and before y, there is a constant, then replace y with 'ies' to make plural.

puppy        puppies

lady            ladies

4- If the last alphabet of a word is 'y' and before y, there is a vowel, then add 's' to make plural.

boy            boys

key            keys

5- If the last alphabet of a word is 'f ' or ' fe '  then replace 'f ' or ' fe '   with 'ves' to make plural.

loaf            loaves

knife          knives

6- Some words are made plurals by adding vowels.

man            men

child          children    

7- Some nouns are used only in the plural

Ex:- Scissors, glasses, shorts, jeans, gloves, sandles, boots, thanks, shoes, slippers, tongs, stockings    

 

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