Singular and Plural Nouns Rules and Example

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Singular and Plural Nouns

A singular noun refers to one noun, whereas, a plural noun refers to more than one noun. Following are a few spelling rules that should be kept in mind when changing singular nouns into plural nouns.

	Rule	Action	Examples
	Rule	Action	Singular	Plural
1	Most common nouns	add s	chair pencil fan	chairs pencils fans
2	Most nouns that end in ch, sh, s, or x	add es	peach brush bus box	peaches brushes buses boxes
3	Most nouns that end in vowel + y	add s	boy key day	boys keys days
4	Most nouns that end in consonant + y	change y to i and add es	lady baby country	ladies babies countries
5	Most nouns that end in f or fe	change f or fe to v and add es	leaf knife wife	leaves knives wives
6	Most nouns that end in consonant + o	add es	mango potato volcano	mangoes potatoes volcanoes
7	Most nouns that end in vowel + o	add s	video radio studio	videos radios studios

Note:

It should be remembered that there are always a few exceptions to the above rules In the English language.

Irregular Plural Nouns:

Some nouns do not end in “s” or ^ues” when they change from singular to plural. Instead, the whole word changes its spelling when it becomes plural. Such plurals are called irregular plurals.