Singular and Plural

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Singular and Plural
DGR Mangala Rupasinghe BEd(English), HNDE
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How many sounds and Letters in English Language?

• Sounds 44
• Letters 26 or 27

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44 Sounds
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English Alphabet

1835's English letters are considered as 27
because it has ampersand on after the Z letter.
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Types of letters
Ground
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8 Main Parts Of Speech

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Adjective
• Adverbs
• Preposition
• Interjections
• Conjunctions
• Pronouns

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Nouns

• A noun is a word to describe a person, place or
  thing.

Dog Cat Ant
School Classes Playground
Book Tree knives
Teacher Students Mother
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Singular and Plural nouns

• Singular noun - only one
• Plural noun - more than one ( two or more)

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Same word for the noun and verb
Fly Book Pen Paint Plant Order Light
Nouns
Verbs
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How to form Plural

• Most of the nouns form their plural by adding s
  to the singular.

A book - Books A pen - Pens A boy - Boys A
girl - Girls A school- Schools
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How to form Plural

• The nouns end with s, ss, ch, sh, x and
  o form their plural by adding es to the
  singular.

A bus - Buses A class - Classes A
church - Churches A dish - Dishes A
box - Boxes A mango - Mangoes

• Some nouns ending with o omit this rule. They
  merely add s

kilo-kilos stereo-stereos
studio-studios Photo-photos
commando- commandos piano pianos
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How to form Plural

• The nouns end with y, preceded by a consonant,
  form their plural by changing y into ies to
  the singular.

A baby - Babies A city - Cities A
fly - Flies A lady - Ladies A army - Armies A
pony - Ponies

• The nouns end with y, preceded by a vowel,
  form their plural by s to the singular

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How to form Plural

• The nouns end with y, preceded by a vowel,
  form their plural by just adding s to the
  singular.

A boy - Boys A play - plays A day - days A
ray - rays A guy - guys A bay - bays
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How to form Plural

• The nouns end with f or fe form their
  plural by changing f or fe to ves in
  the singular.

A leaf - Leaves A loaf - Loaves A
wolf - wolves A wife - wives A life - lives A
knife - knives
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How to form Plural

• Few nouns end with f or fe form their
  plural by just adding s to the singular.

Proof - proofs Roof - roofs Handkerchief - hand
kerchiefs Chief - chiefs Safe - safes
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How to form Plural

• Some nouns form their plural by changing internal
  vowels.

Man - men Woman - women Goose - geese Tooth - te
eth Foot - feet Mouse - mice Louse - lice
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