INDEPENDENT TASK

LECTURER

Structure 1

Dr. Hj. Yusrida

NOUNS SINGULAR AND PLURAL

Arranged by:
AYU DELISA PUTRI
NIM: 11314202240
CLASS:1/E

STUDENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT

1ST SEMESTER
FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING
STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF SULTAN SYARIF KASIM RIAU
PEKANBARU

1434 H/2013 M
I.

ANTECEDENT

A noun is a person, place or thing. A Singular means only one noun. For example:
apple, teacher, boy, room, etc. In Singular noun, there is also determiners (a/an, this, that,
the), for example: an apple, a boy, the man, this book, etc. And use the form an only if the
word after it begins with a vowel sound.
Plural means more than one noun. For example: boats, bats, rooms, apples,
etc.Usually, to make Singular noun to Plural form, you have to adding s in the end, such as :
Singular
Lamp
Pencil
Dog
Tree

Plural
Lamps
Pencils
Dogs
Trees

There is spelling rules in Singular and Plural noun.

1. Nouns that end in ch, sh, x,z,s, add es in the end. For example:
Singular
Glass
Bus
Box
Quiz
Chruch
Brush

Plural
Glasses
Buses
Boxes
Quizes
Churches
Brushes

If Singular nouns ending in-ch, but no hissing sound, but pronounced with the sound /
k /, the plural form is not added-es, but the suffix-s, for example:
Singular
Stomach
Monarch

Plural
Stomachs
Monarchs

2. For words that end in y:

- If -yis preceded by a vowel, only -sis added.
- If -yis preceded by a consonant, the -yis changed to iand esis added.
Singular
Toy
Buy
Baby
Cry

Plural
Toys
Buys
Babies
Cries

*If the noun ending with a -y represents a person or a country, add only s in any case.
Ex: John F. Kennedy was the most famous of the Kennedys. In 1963, he didnt visit
the two Germanys after giving his speech in West-Berlin.

Singular and Plural in sentences

1. Singular
a. House
(+) This is my house.
(-) This is not my house.
(?) Is this my house?
*There is only one house in sentence, so the word dont have to add s or es
in the end of the word.
b. A lizard crawl on top of the rock.
*There is only one lizard in the sentence, so the word lizard is a singular noun.
Also, there is only one rock in the sentence, so the word rock is a singular
noun too.
2. Plural
a. Buildings
(+) Those are our buildings.
(-) Those are not our buildings.
(?) Are those are our buildings?
*There is more than one building in sentence, so the word have to add s in
the end of the word.
b. Two rabbits ran through the trees.
*There is more than one rabbit, so the word rabbits is a plural noun.
Also, there is more than one tree, so the word trees is a plural noun too.

EXERCISE:
Underline the noun in each sentence below. On the line next to the sentence, tell whether
the noun is singular or plural.
1. The squirrel is running fast. _______________________
2. Three of the plates are round. _______________________
3. My grandmother is very kind. _______________________
4. They gave her a nice gift. _______________________
5. Answer the telephone, please. _______________________
6. My crayons are broken. _______________________
7. Have you seen my keys? _______________________
8. That map is old. _______________________
9. It flew in the sky. _______________________
10. There are ten fishes. _______________________