Nouns: Singular, Plural, and Irregular Forms

Nouns

• Nouns represent people, places, or things.
• Examples of people: teacher, children
• Examples of places: beach, cities
• Examples of things: guitar, flowers

Singular Nouns

• Singular nouns represent one item.
• They typically do not have an "s" at the end.
• Example: a bird, a guitar, a computer

Plural Nouns

• Plural nouns represent two or more items.
• To form the plural of a regular noun, add an "s" to the end.
• Example: birds, guitars, computers

Irregular Nouns

• Irregular nouns do not follow the rule of adding "s" to form the plural.
• They have different plural forms.
• Some nouns have a vowel change: foot becomes feet, tooth becomes teeth, man becomes men, woman becomes women.
• Some nouns have a consonant change: leaf becomes leaves, knife becomes knives.
• Some nouns have different plural endings than "s": child becomes children, ox becomes oxen.
• Some nouns become a new word: person becomes people, mouse becomes mice.
• Some nouns don't change form: deer remains deer, fish remains fish.