Plural Nouns Examples in Sentences, Definition, List

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Plural Nouns

Here we discussed Plural Nouns. Most singular nouns are made plural by just putting an – s toward the end. There are various principles in regard to pluralization relying upon what letter a noun closes in. Irregular nouns don’t observe plural thing guidelines, so they should be retained or looked into in the word reference.

Collective Nouns

Plural Nouns Definition

The word plural is characterized as ‘connecting with or comprising a class of syntactic structures typically used to signify mutiple or in certain dialects more than two’ and ‘connecting with, comprising of, or containing mutiple or more than one kind or class’, as per the Merriam-Webster dictionary. So a noun that comprises or connects with beyond what one individual, spot or thing can be characterized as a plural noun.

Common Nouns

Plural Nouns Rules for Making Sentences

There are numerous plural noun rules, and on the grounds that we use nouns so regularly while composing, knowing every one of them is significant! The right spelling of plurals as a rule relies upon what letter the singular noun closes in.

To make regular nouns plural, add ‑s to the end.

cat – cats
house – houses

2 If the singular noun ends in ‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z, add ‑es to the end to make it plural.

truss – trusses
bus – buses
marsh – marshes
lunch – lunches
tax – taxes
blitz – blitzes

In some cases, singular nouns ending in -s or -z, require that you double the -s or -z prior to adding the -es for pluralization.

fez – fezzes
gas –gasses (note that gases is also an acceptable, and more commonly used, spelling of this plural noun)

4 If the noun ends with ‑f or ‑fe, the f is often changed to ‑ve before adding the -s to form the plural version.

wife – wives
wolf – wolves

Proper Nouns

Exceptions:

roof – roofs
belief – beliefs
chef – chefs
chief – chiefs

If a singular noun ends in ‑y and the letter before the -y is a consonant, change the ending to ‑ies to make the noun plural.

city – cities
puppy – puppies

If the singular noun ends in -y and the letter before the -y is a vowel, simply add an -s to make it plural.

ray – rays
boy – boys

If the singular noun ends in ‑o, add ‑es to make it plural.

potato – potatoes
tomato – tomatoes

Exceptions:

photo – photos
piano – pianos
halo – halos

With the unique word volcano, you can apply the standard pluralization for words that end in -o or not. It’s your choice! Both of the following are correct:

volcanoes
Volcanos

If the singular noun ends in ‑us, the plural ending is frequently ‑i.

cactus – cacti
focus – foci

If the singular noun ends in ‑is, the plural ending is ‑es.

analysis – analyses
ellipsis – ellipses

If the singular noun ends in ‑on, the plural ending is ‑a.

phenomenon – phenomena
criterion – criteria

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

sheep – sheep
series – series
species – species
deer –deer

You need to see these nouns in context to identify them as singular or plural. Consider the following sentence:

Example: Mark caught one fish, but I caught three fish.

However, when it comes to fish, things can get a little complicated.

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Plural Noun And Tense Forms

S. No.	Tense	Plural Form
1	Simple Present Tense	These cars are wonderful. All the broken doors are fixed.
2	Present Continuous Tense	The children are playing cricket in front of our house. The teachers are attending a meeting now.
3	Present Perfect Tense	The students have been asked to submit their assignments before 9 a.m. on Tuesday. The dogs from the street have been rescued and put in adoption centres.
4	Present Perfect Continuous Tense	The college students have been waiting for an industrial visit for so many months now. All the employees have been doing the job really well.
5	Simple Past Tense	The teachers were late for class. The meetings for the day were cancelled due to the commotion in the building.
6	Past Continuous Tense	All the residents were being evacuated. The rivers in the area were overflowing due to the heavy rainfall yesterday.
7	Past Perfect Tense (remains the same for singular and plural nouns)	The police had been on the hunt for these robbers for a month now. The shops had been closed because of the protest.
8	Past Perfect Continuous Tense (remains the same for singular and plural nouns)	The people had been waiting for this for so many years. The scientists had been working day and night to find a cure for COVID – 19.
9	Simple Future Tense (remains the same for singular and plural nouns)	The meteors will hit the Earth’s surface. These birds will migrate to the North during the Summer.
10	Future Continuous Tense (remains the same for singular and plural nouns)	The singers will be performing at a live concert next week. The accessories for the event will be arriving on Tuesday.
11	Future Perfect Tense (remains the same for singular and plural nouns)	The politicians will have taken their oaths by this time tomorrow. The newspapers will have circulated by the time you decide what to do with this article.
12	Future Perfect Continuous Tense (remains the same for singular and plural nouns)	This Thursday, we will have been living in New York for a year. On this annual day, the children will have been performing this piece for the tenth time.

Abstract Noun

Plural Nouns Examples In Sentences – Subject-Verb Agreement

While utilizing plural nouns, take care to change the action word appropriately so the sentences don’t look grammatically mistaken. The action words structures utilized alongside a plural noun incorporate, are (straightforward current state), were (basic past tense), are+verb+ing, were+verb+ing, have+past participle, have+been+past participle, will+have+verb+ing and will+have+past participle.

Examples:

None of the students has completed their homework. (Group of people)
All the rescued animals have been returned to their natural habitats safely. (Group of different animals)
The textbooks and notebooks are kept on the shelves. (Objects)
All schools in the city are shut down due to the political protests carried out in and around the city.

Plural Nouns List

Singular nouns	Plural nouns
analysis	analyses
status	status/statuses
moose	moose
crisis	crises
fish	fish / fishes
series	series
appendix	appendixes / appendices
Mr. / Mr / Mister	Misters / Messrs. / Messrs
sheep	sheep
bus	buses / US also busses
formula	formulae / formulas
life	lives
apparatus	apparatuses
deer	deer
ox	oxen
focus	focuses / foci
basis	bases
platypus	platypuses
cactus	cacti / cactuses
sheep	sheep
analysis	analyses
woman	women
equipment	equipment
dice	dice
leaf	leaves
life	lives
phenomenon	phenomena
staff	staff
alumnus	alumni
genius	geniuses
radius	radii / radiuses
staff	staff
alumnus	alumni
software	software
data	data
addendum	addenda
virus	viruses
synopsis	synopses
mongoose	mongooses
genus	genera
formula	formulae / formulas
roof	roofs
phenomenon	phenomena
medium	media / mediums
business	businesses
datum	data
chassis	chassis
crisis	crises
hero	heroes
axis	axes

Plural Nouns in Hindi

बहुवचन संज्ञाएँ: यहां हमने बहुवचन संज्ञाओं पर चर्चा की। अधिकांश एकवचन संज्ञाएं केवल अंत की ओर a – s लगाने से बहुवचन बन जाती हैं। बहुवचन के संबंध में विभिन्न सिद्धांत हैं जो इस बात पर निर्भर करते हैं कि संज्ञा किस अक्षर को बंद करती है। अनियमित संज्ञाएं बहुवचन दिशा-निर्देशों का पालन नहीं करती हैं, इसलिए उन्हें शब्द संदर्भ में बनाए रखा जाना चाहिए या देखा जाना चाहिए।

बहुवचन संज्ञा परिभाषा

बहुवचन शब्द की विशेषता ‘वाक्यगत संरचनाओं के एक वर्ग के साथ जुड़ने या शामिल करने’ के रूप में होती है, जो आमतौर पर कई या कुछ बोलियों में दो से अधिक को इंगित करने के लिए उपयोग की जाती है’ और ‘एकाधिक या एक से अधिक प्रकार या वर्ग के साथ जुड़ना, शामिल करना या शामिल करना’, जैसा कि मरियम-वेबस्टर डिक्शनरी के अनुसार। तो एक संज्ञा जो एक व्यक्ति, स्थान या चीज़ से परे शामिल या जोड़ती है उसे बहुवचन संज्ञा के रूप में वर्णित किया जा सकता है।

बहुवचन संज्ञा नियम वाक्य बनाने के लिए

कई बहुवचन संज्ञा नियम हैं, और इस आधार पर कि हम रचना करते समय संज्ञाओं का नियमित रूप से उपयोग करते हैं, उनमें से प्रत्येक को जानना महत्वपूर्ण है! एक नियम के रूप में बहुवचन की सही वर्तनी इस बात पर निर्भर करती है कि एकवचन संज्ञा किस अक्षर से बंद होती है।

1 नियमित संज्ञाओं को बहुवचन बनाने के लिए अंत में जोड़ें।
बिल्ली – बिल्लियाँ
घर – मकान

2 यदि एकवचन संज्ञा ‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, या -z में समाप्त होती है, तो इसे बहुवचन बनाने के लिए अंत में es जोड़ें।

ट्रस – ट्रस
बस – बसें
दलदल – दलदली
दोपहर का भोजन – दोपहर का भोजन
कर – कर
ब्लिट्ज – ब्लिट्ज

3 कुछ मामलों में, -s या -z में समाप्त होने वाली एकवचन संज्ञाओं के लिए आवश्यक है कि आप बहुवचन के लिए -es जोड़ने से पहले -s या -z को दोगुना करें।
fez – fezzes
गैस-गैस (ध्यान दें कि गैस भी इस बहुवचन संज्ञा की एक स्वीकार्य, और अधिक सामान्यतः उपयोग की जाने वाली वर्तनी है)

4 यदि संज्ञा f या fe के साथ समाप्त होती है, तो बहुवचन संस्करण बनाने के लिए -s जोड़ने से पहले f को अक्सर पांच में बदल दिया जाता है।

पत्नि पत्नियाँ
भेड़िया – भेड़िये

अपवाद:

छत – छत
विश्वास – विश्वास
रसोइया – रसोइया
प्रमुख – प्रमुख

यदि एकवचन संज्ञा y में समाप्त होती है और -y से पहले का अक्षर व्यंजन है, तो संज्ञा को बहुवचन बनाने के लिए अंत को ies में बदलें।
शहर – शहर
पिल्ला – पिल्ले

यदि एकवचन संज्ञा -y में समाप्त होती है और -y से पहले का अक्षर एक स्वर है, तो इसे बहुवचन बनाने के लिए बस -s जोड़ें।
किरण – किरणें
लड़का – लड़के

यदि एकवचन संज्ञा ‑o में समाप्त होती है, तो इसे बहुवचन बनाने के लिए es जोड़ें।
आलू – आलू
टमाटर – टमाटर

अपवाद:

फोटो – फोटो
पियानो – पियानोस
हेलो – हेलोस

अद्वितीय शब्द ज्वालामुखी के साथ, आप उन शब्दों के लिए मानक बहुवचन लागू कर सकते हैं जो -o में समाप्त होते हैं या नहीं। यह तुम्हारी पसंद है! निम्नलिखित दोनों सही हैं:

ज्वालामुखी
ज्वालामुखी

यदि एकवचन संज्ञा ‑us में समाप्त होती है, तो बहुवचन अंत अक्सर i होता है।
कैक्टस – कैक्टस
फोकस – फोकस

यदि एकवचन संज्ञा ‑is में समाप्त होती है, तो बहुवचन अंत ‑es होता है।
विश्लेषण – विश्लेषण
दीर्घवृत्त – दीर्घवृत्त

यदि एकवचन संज्ञा on में समाप्त होती है, तो बहुवचन अंत a होता है।
घटना – घटना
मानदंड – मानदंड

कुछ संज्ञाएं बहुवचन होने पर बिल्कुल भी नहीं बदलती हैं।
भेड़ – भेड़
शृंखला-श्रृंखला
प्रजाति – प्रजाति
हिरण-हिरण

आपको इन संज्ञाओं को एकवचन या बहुवचन के रूप में पहचानने के लिए संदर्भ में देखना होगा। निम्नलिखित वाक्य पर विचार करें:

उदाहरण: मार्क ने एक मछली पकड़ी, लेकिन मैंने तीन मछलियाँ पकड़ीं।

हालांकि, जब मछली की बात आती है, तो चीजें थोड़ी जटिल हो सकती हैं।

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Plural Nouns-QNAs

Ques 1. What is the most typical approach to make a noun plural?

Ans. Most singular nouns take the -s ending to become plural.

Ques 2. Why is it vital to learn how do you make plural nouns?

Ans. Not just because we need to talk about one and many, but also because the singular and plural forms of nouns are vital. Additionally, they are significant because of the subject-verb agreement rule, which dictates that the verb in a sentence depend on the grammatical number of the noun that serves as the sentence’s subject.

Ques 3. Do all nouns have a plural form?

Ans. Not every noun has a plural form.

Ques 4. Why is it crucial to understand how singular and plural nouns differ?

Ans. The difference between the two tenses must be understood or shared properties in nouns will go unrecognised.

Ques 5. Does a plural noun follow each other?

Ans. When there is a number before the noun, every can be followed by a plural noun.

Ques 6. Which nouns are singular only?

Ans. Uncountable nouns, on the other hand, cannot be counted. They only exist in their singular form; you cannot add a s to make them plural.

Ques 7. How would you define plural?

Ans. A plural noun is the form of a noun used to show there are more than one. Most nouns can be made plural by simply adding -s or -es to the end.