Singular and Plural Nouns.

Singular (one object )

Nouns

Plural (many objects)

Always in Singular

Uncountable nouns;

advice, information, progress, knowledge,

news, hair, money;

science that ends by -ics

Always in Plural

scissors, trousers, spectacles, eyeglasses, scales, tongs,

goods, contents, clothes, proceeds, wages, riches,

people

Scheme s

Plural

Exceptions

Ç + -s

Ç + -es

man-men woman-women

Ç [ -th ] + -s

tooth-teeth foot-feet goose-geese

Ç [ -se,-ze ] + -s

child-children ox-oxen

Ç [ - vowel +y ] + -s

mouse –mice louse - lice

Ç [ - consonant +y] + -s ® - ies

sheep-sheep deer-deer

Ç [ -f, -fe ] + -s ® - ves (wol(f)ves, lea(f)ves, cal(f)ves, hal(f)ves, kni(fe)ves, wi(fe)ves, but chiefs, roofs, safes, handkerchiefs)

Ç [ -o] + -es ® - oes (heroes, potatoes, tomatoes, cargoes, mosquitoes, echoes, Negroes but pianos, photos, radios, videos, studios, stereos, cockatoos, kangaroos, zoos, discos and dodo(e)s, dingo(e)s, buffalo(e)s, zero(e)s, volcano(e)s )

Ç [ s, ss, x, z, zz, ch, tch, sh] + es (classes, boxes, fizzes, inches, matches, bushes)