English Grammar Course | Singular and Plural Nouns #2

And welcome to this English course on nouns.

In today’s video, we’re going to talk about singular and plural nouns.

When you speak English, it is very important to know the difference between a singular

noun and a plural noun.

Ok?

So I will explain to you the different rules.

And we will practice together.

Let’s get started.

Ok guys, the first you need to know, is that a singular noun means one.

So, for example, I can say, ‘cat’.

‘a cat’ ‘one cat’

‘school’ ‘a school’

‘one school’ ‘team’

Now don’t forget, ‘team’ is a collective noun.

It’s a group of people, but still, it is a singular noun.

We talk about ‘a team’, or ‘one team.

‘lady’ ‘monkey’

‘tomato’ ‘a tomato’

‘one tomato’ Or ‘piano’.

Now, if we talk about plural nouns, it means more than one.

So for example, two, three, four, or many.

If we take our words again, ‘a cat’ becomes ‘cats’.

‘two cats’ ‘three cats’

‘many cats’ ‘school’’ becomes ‘schools’.

‘team’ becomes ‘teams’.

Ok, so you just add an ‘s’.

Now ‘lady’ becomes ‘ladies.

‘monkey’ becomes ‘monkeys’.

But, two different rules.

As you can see, ‘lady’ is consonant + ‘y’.

Now when you have consonant + ‘y’, in an English word, the plural will be ‘ies’.

‘lady’ ‘ladies’

But when you have vowel + ‘y’ like ‘monkey’, it just becomes ‘monkeys’.

You simply add an ‘s’.

Ok, ‘monkey’ becomes ‘monkeys’.

‘tomato’ becomes ‘tomatoes’.

‘piano’ ‘pianos’ Again, two different rules.

Now ‘tomato’ becomes ‘tomatoes’.

You add ‘es’.