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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2: Inanimate Nouns

3: Mass Nouns

4: Generic Nouns

5: Cases of Nouns

6: 10 Kinds of Nouns

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