English_for_Finance_and_Banking
GRAMMAR REVISION TABLES
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NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL |
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Singular |
Plural |
Uses |
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day bird street rose |
days birds streets roses |
The plural of a noun is usually made by adding –s to the singular |
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tomato match dish class box |
tomatoes matches dishes classes boxes |
Nouns ending in –o, -ch, -sh, -s, -ss or –x form their plural by adding –es. (NOTE: words of foreign origin or abbreviated words ending in –o and –s only: dynamo – dynamos; kilo – kilos; photo – photos; piano – pianos); |
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baby city |
babies cities |
Nouns ending in –y following a consonant form their plural by dropping the –y and adding –ies. |
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loaf wife wolf calf half knife shelf life sheaf |
loaves wives wolves calves halves knifes shelves lives sheaves |
Twelve nouns ending in –f or –fe drop the –f or –fe and add –ves: loaf, wife, wolf, calf, half, leaf, self, knife, life, sheaf, shelf, thief. (Exceptions: beliefs, chiefs, roofs, cliffs, safes, cuffs, handkerchiefs). The nouns hoof, scarf and wharf take either –s or –ves in the plural: wharfs or wharves, hoofs or hooves; scarfs or scarves. |
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man woman foot goose foot louse mouse child |
men women feet geese teeth lice mice children |
A few nouns form their plural by a vowel change. |
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sheep deer fish species swine |
sheep deer fish species swine |
Some nouns have the same the same form for singular and plural. |
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crisis criterion datum |
crises criteria data |
Some nouns that English has borrowed from other languages have foreign plurals. |
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