Parts of speech

                Parts of Speech 

Noun.

    The noun is a word which denotes a person, any living being, a place, a thing and an idea. 

    The words taught by the parents to their kids are mostly nouns. 

Parts of Speech

SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS OF NOUNS


>>Most of the Noun of singular form change to plural forms by adding the letter 's'.

E.g.

Mother-Mothers

Girl-girls

Pen-pens

Book-books

Hand-hands

Peak-peaks

School-schools

Road-roads

Car-cars

Cycle-cycles 


>Nouns ending in s, sh, ch, x, z get the plural forms by adding 'es' at the end of the words.

E.g.

Bus-Buses

Bush-Bushes

Branch-Branches

Box-Boxes

Topaz-Topazes 


>For singular nouns ending with 'y', if the preceding letter of the 'y' is CONSONANT, then replace '-ies' instead of 'y'.
For singular nouns ending with 'Y', if the preceding letter of the 'y' is VOWEL, then replace '-s' instead of 'y'.

E.g.

City-Cities

Body-Bodies

Boy-Boys

Toy-Toys 


a) If a singular noun ends in 'o' preceded by a vowel, add 's' at the end of the words.

E.g.

Radio-Radios

Studio-Studios

bamboo-bamboos

cuckoo-cuckoos


b) If a singular noun ends in 'o' preceded by a consonant, add 'es' at the end of the words.

E.g.

Potato-Potatoes

Echo-Echoes

Tomato-Tomatoes 


c) Exceptions: 
  Some technical and scientific words even if the ending letter 'o' is preceded by a consonant, 's' only added in the plural form.

E.g.

Dynamo-Dynamos

piano-pianos

memento-mementos


 d) The following words are rather typical and they do not fall under any of the rules detailed above. 

E.g.    

Son - in - law->Sons - in - law

Brother - in - law->Brothers - in - law

Mouse-Mice

Foot-Feet

Man-Men

Tooth-Teeth

Cattle-Cattle

Sheep-Sheep 

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