Formation of nouns from their plural & examples
FORMATION OF NOUNS FROM THEIR PLURAL
Noun: According to the Rules, you can make the formation of ” Nouns ” from their ” Plural “.
( Mostly, Plural of a Noun are made by the following Rules )
Now we are making the Formation of nouns form their plural by the following rules which are given below.
RULE NO: 01 ( Formation of nouns )
The Singular Nouns are generally made from Plural by the addition of ” s “.
Example:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Ant | Ants | Bird | Birds |
Ball | Balls | Brother | Brothers |
Bed | Beds | Shoe | Shoes |
Star | Stars | Table | Tables |

RULE NO: 02
The Singular noun ends with “s, ss, sh, ch, x, or z “ then the Plural of a noun is made by adding ” es “ with it.
Examples:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Ass | Asses | Match | Matches |
Bush | Bushes | Fox | Foxes |
Box | Boxes | Topaz | Topazes |
Glass | Glasses | Bus | Buses |

RULE NO: 03
If a Singular noun ends with “ch ” with the voice of ” k “ then the Plural is made by adding ” s “ with it.
Examples:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Monarch | Monarchs | Stomach | Stomachs |

RULE NO: 04
If a Singular noun ends with a Consonant letter before ” y “ then a Plural is made by adding if ” ies ” with it.
Examples:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Baby | Babies | Family | Families |
Army | Armies | City | Cities |
Hobby | Hobbies | Cry | Cries |
Fly | Flies | Funny | Funnies |

RULE NO: 05
If a Singular noun ends with Vowel letters ( a, e, i, o, u ) before ” y “ then Plural is made by adding ” S ” with it and ” y “ is doesn’t change.
Example:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Boy | Boys | Toy | Toys |
Day | Days | Monkey | Monkeys |
Key | Keys | Donkey | Donkeys |
Joy | Joys | Coy | Coys |

RULE NO: 06
If Singular Noun is ended with ” o “ then Plural is made by adding ” es “ with it.
Example:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Buffalo | Buffaloes | Potato | Potatoes |
Hero | Heroes | Mango | Mangoes |
Tomato | Tomatoes | Piano | Pianoes |
Echo | Echoes | Negro | Negroes |

RULE NO: 07
If Singular Noun is ended with Vowel letters before ” o ” then Plural is made by adding ” S ” with it.
Example:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Radio | Radios | Zoo | Zoos |
Cuckoo | Cuckoos | Shampoo | Shampoos |
Studio | Studios | Video | Videos |
Yahoo | Yahoos | Stereo | Stereos |

RULE NO: 08
If Singular Noun is ended with ” f, af, ef, or fe ” then we put ” ves ” to make the Plural.
Example:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Knife | Knives | Wife | Wives |
Thief | Thieves | Calf | Calves |
Life | Lives | Loaf | Loves |
Leaf | Leaves | Relief | Relives |

RULE NO: 09
Some Nouns are those which end with ” f, ief or off “ but we put ” s “ to make the Plural.
Example:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Wolf | Wolfs | Proof | Proofs |
Hoof | Hoofs | Thief | Thiefs |
Chief | Chiefs | Self | Selfs |
Roof | Roofs | Turf | Turfs |

RULE NO: 10 ( Formation of nouns )
Some Nouns of Plurals are made by the changing of middle Vowels letters.
Example:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Woman | Women | Man | Men |
Goose | Geese | Foot | Feet |
Louse | Lice | Mouse | Mice |
Brother | Brethren | Tooth | Teeth |

RULE NO: 11
Some Nouns are adding of ” en or ren ” to make the Plural it.
Example:
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Ox | Oxen | Wake | Woken |
Child | Children | Write | Written |
Break | Broken | ||
List | Listen |

RULE NO: 12
If the Singular Noun is ending with ” us “ remove ” us “ and put ” i ” to make the Plural noun.
Example:
Singular | Plural |
Syllabus | Syllabi |
Stimulus | Stimuli |
Radius | Radii |
Alumnus | Alumni |

RULE NO: 13
If the Singular Nouns is ending with ” on ” remove ” on “ and put ” a ” to make the Plural.
Example:
Singular | Plural |
Phenomenon | Phenomena |
Criterion | Criteria |

RULE NO: 14
Some Nouns are always keeping Singular they don’t change.
Example:
Singular |
Deer |
Fish |
Sheep |
Hundred |
Cattle |
Paisa |
Hairs |
News |
Public |

Difference of ” Singular ” and ” Plural ”
A Compound Noun naturally forms the Plural by adding ” S “ to the Principle word.
Example:
Singular | Plural |
Coat-of-mail | Coats-of-mail |
Looker-on | Lookers-on |
Step-son | Step-sons |
Court-martial | Courts-martial |
Son-in-law | Sons-in-law |
Commander-in-chief | Commanders-in-chief |
Hanger-on | Hangers-on |
Father-in-law | Father-in-law |
Step-daughter | Step-daughters |
Passer-by | Passers-by |
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