Category : 1st Class
How to Change Singular to Plural
Rule-1 Make plural by using "s"
Singular Plural
Book Books
Pen Pens
Table Tables
Toy Toys
Singular Plural
Boat boats
Hat hats
House houses
River Rivers
Rule-2 Make plural by using 'es'. If S, O, X and SS comes in the end of a word then use "es" to make plural
Singular Plural
Gas Gases
Mango Mangoes
Glass Glasses
Rule-3 Make plural by using "ves in the place of f or fe" (If f or fe comes in the end of a word then remove f or fe and use "ves" to make plural)
Singular Plural
Knife Knives
Leaf Leaves
Rule-4 Make plural by using "ies in the place of y" ( If y comes in the end of a word then remove y and use "ies" to make plural)
Singular Plural
City Cities
Country Countries
Army Armies
Puppy Puppies
Lady Ladies
Baby Babies
There are some irregular formations for noun plurals. A few of the most common ones are listed below.
Irregular plurals:
Singular Plural
Woman women
Man men
Child children
Tooth teeth
Foot feet
Person people
Cactus cacti
Focus foci
Fungus fungi
Nucleus nuclei
Syllabus syllabi/syllabuses
Analysis analyses
Diagnosis diagnoses
Oasis oases
This these
Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural.
Singular Plural
Seep sheep
Species species
Aircraft aircraft
In Question 1 and 2 change the words given below in plural.
Wife
(A) Wifes
(B) Wives
(C) Wifes
(D) None of these
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
Plural of wife is wives. Therefore, option (B) is correct and rest ofthe options is incorrect.
Scarcity
(A) Scarcities
(B) Scarcitys
(C) Scarcityes
(D) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation:
Plural of scarcity is scarcities. Therefore, option (A) is correct and rest of the options is incorrect.
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