One and Many

One and Many

• Nouns that name only one thing are called singular. Example: girl, boy, apple, mango, cup etc.
• Nouns that name more than one thing are called plural. Example: boxes, classes, dogs, shops etc.

Rules that we follow to change singular into plural

Rule 1- We usually add ‘s’ to the singular noun to form plural noun.

For example: cup + ‘s’ = cups

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Rule 2 -  We add ‘es’ to singular nouns ending in ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ or ‘sh’ to form plural nouns.

For example: box + ‘es’ = boxes

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