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KPSKV Khalwa Nautan Siwan

RULE FOR SINGULAR TO PLURAL

Proper noun और uncountable noun का Plural नहीं बनाता है केवल singular countable noun का बनाता है-

(1) Regular nouns + s

Ex- cat – cats     house – houses

(2) Noun ends in ‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z, + es

Ex- truss – trusses, bus – buses

marsh – marshes, fish – fishes

lunch – lunches, tax – taxes

blitz – blitzes, bush – bushe

NOTE- If their pronunciation of ‘ch’ is changed then add s

Stomach(क)– stomachs,           Monarch(क)- monarchs

(3) Nouns ending in -s or -z + es and double ‘s or z’

Ex-  fez – fezzes, gas –gasses

(4) Noun ends with ‑f or ‑fe + ves (to remove ‘f/fe’)

Ex – wife – wives, 

wolf – wolves, Leaf- Leaves 

Exceptions: –  roof – roofs, 

belief – beliefs, 

chef – chefs, chief – chiefs

(5a) Noun ends in ‑y + ies  (to remove y if a consonant letter is before ‘y’)

Ex – city – cities, puppy – puppies

diary-diaries, fly-flies

(5b) Noun ends in ‑y + s (if a vowel letter is before ‘y’)

Ex – ray – rays, 

boy – boys, toy- toys    

(6a) Noun ends in ‑o + es (if a consonant letter is before ‘o’)

Ex-  potato – potatoes, 

tomato – tomatoes

Exceptions:  photo – photos,

piano – pianos, halo – halos

Volcano -volcanoes/volcanos

(6b) Noun ends in ‑o + s    (if a vowel letter is before ‘o’)  

Ex- radio – radios,

bamboo – bamboos, 

cuckoo – cuckoos

(7) Noun ends in ‑us + i (to remove ‘us’)

Ex- cactus – cacti, focus – foci

(8) Noun ends in ‑is + es (to remove ‘es’)

Ex – analysis – analyses,

ellipsis – ellipses

(9) Noun ends in ‑on + a (to remove ‘on’)

Ex – phenomenon – phenomena

criterion – criteria

(10) Some nouns don’t change at all when they’re pluralized.

Ex – sheep – sheep, series – series

species – species, deer –deer

That is – One sheep, five sheep

(11) Plural Noun Rules for Irregular Nouns

child – children

Ox- oxen

goose – geese

man – men

woman – women

tooth – teeth

Louse – lice

foot – feet

mouse – mice

person – people

(12) कुछ Compound noun के मुख्य भाग को plural बदलते है तो कुछ के दो भाग को

Son-in-law – Sons-in-law

Father-in-law– Fathers-in-law

grandfather – grandfathers

boyfriend – boyfriends

girlfriend – girlfriends

grandson – grandsons

Manservant- Menservants

Woman-doctor-women-doctors

Woman-student-women-students