Plural and Singular Nouns
Plural and Singular Nouns
EJEMPLOS
Singular
Plural
Boat
boats
House
houses
Cat
cats
river
rivers
EJEMPLOS
Singular
Plural
Bus
buses
wish
wishes
pitch
pitches
Box
boxes
EJEMPLOS
Singular
Plural
penny
pennies
Spy
spies
Baby
babies
City
cities
Daisy
daisies
NOMBRES IRREGULARES
El plural de algunos nombres es irregular. Los plurales irregulares ms comunes figuran en la
siguiente lista.
EJEMPLOS
Singular
Plural
woman
women
Man
men
Child
children
Tooth
teeth
Foot
feet
Person
people
Singular
Plural
Leaf
leaves
Mouse
mice
Goose
geese
Half
halves
knife
knives
Wife
wives
life
lives
Elf
elves
loaf
loaves
potato
potatoes
Tomato
tomatoes
Cactus
cacti
Focus
foci
Fungus
fungi
Nucleus
nuclei
Singular
Plural
syllabus
syllabi/syllabuses
analysis
analyses
diagnosis
diagnoses
Oasis
oases
Thesis
theses
Crisis
crises
phenomenon
phenomena
criterion
criteria
Datum
data
EJEMPLOS
Singular
Plural
Sheep
sheep
Fish
fish
Singular
Plural
Deer
deer
species
species
Aircraft
aircraft
Oracin
News
Athletics
linguistics
Darts
Billiards
Algunos nombres tienen una forma plural fija y llevan un verbo en plural. No se usan en singular o
su forma en singular tiene diferente significado. Por ejemplo: trousers, jeans, glasses, savings,
thanks, steps, stairs, customs, congratulations, tropics, wages, spectacles, outskirts, goods, wits
Oracin
Trousers
Jeans
Oracin
Glasses
A noun is a type of word which refers to a person, place, or thing. Nouns can be conjugated in
either singular or plural form. A singular noun refers to just one person, place, or thing (for
example, a bat or a ship). A plural noun refers to multiple people, places, or things (for example,
bats or ships).
The majority of English count nouns are regular and predictable in the spelling of the plural form 1.
However, other nouns have irregular plural spellings. Both of these kinds of nouns will be covered
here.
edge/edges
girl/girls
song/songs
bag/bags
cat/cats
boy/boys
day/days
glass/glasses
horse/horses
buzz/buzzes
dish/dishes
box/boxes
bush/bushes
witch/witches
switch/switches
echo/echoes
embargo/embargoes
hero/heroes
potato/potatoes
veto/vetoes
tomato/tomatoes
torpedo/torpedoes
hero/heroes
veto/vetoes
Examples (s):
Most nouns ending in o preceded by a vowel are pluralized by simply adding s 3. Some other o
nouns do this, too:
auto/autos
folio/folios
cameo/cameos
portfolio/portfolios
kilo/kilos
photo/photos
zoo/zoos
memo/memos
solo/solos
soprano/sopranos
studio/studios
pimento/pimentos
tattoo/tattoos
video/videos
piano/pianos
pro/pros
kangaroo/kangaroos
baby/babies
story/stories
poppy/poppies
baby/babies
daisy/daisies
spy/spies
lady/ladies
Note that for words ending in y preceeded by a vowel (a complex vowel sound), an s is simply
added, as usual. For example:
day/days
toy/toys
essay/essays
turkey/turkeys
chimney/chimneys
play/plays
joy/joys
valley/valleys
alley/alleys
volley/volleys
calf/calves
elf/elves
half/halves
hoof/hooves
leaf/leaves
life/lives
loaf/loaves
scarf/scarves
self/selves
sheaf/sheaves
wolf/wolves
shelf/shelves
thief/thieves
knife/knives
wife/wives
fireman/firemen
foot/feet
goose/geese
louse/lice
man/men
mouse/mice
tooth/teeth
woman/women
child/children
ox/oxen
hypothesis/hypotheses
diagnosis/diagnoses
ellipsis/ellipses
analysis/analyses
basis/bases
crisis/crises
thesis/theses
oasis/oases
synthesis/syntheses
synopsis/synopses
emphasis/emphases
neurosis/neuroses
paralysis/paralyses
parenthesis/parentheses
bacterium/bacteria
datum/data
curriculum/curricula
medium/media
memorandum/memoranda
ovum/ova
symposium/symposia
erratum/errata
addendum/addenda
stratum/strata
criterion/criteria
phenomenon/phenomena
automaton/automata
Singular ends in -A
Plural ends in -ae
alga/algae
amoeba/amoebae
larva/larvae
formula/formulae
antenna/antannae
nebula/nebulae
vertebra/vertebrae
vita/vitae
appendix/appendices
index/indeces
matrix/matrices
vertex/vertices
vortex/vortices
apex/apices
cervix/cervices
axis/axes
alumnus/alumni
bacillus/bacilli
cactus/cacti
focus/foci
stimulus/stimuli
focus/foci
octopus/octopi
radius/radii
stimulus/stimuli
terminus/termini
corpus/corpora
genus/genera
bureau/bureaux
beau/beaux
portmanteau/portmanteaux
tableau/tableaux
libretto/libretti
tempo/tempi
virtuoso/virtuosi
Hebrew
cherub/cherubim
seraph/seraphim
Greek
schema/schemata
man/men
woman/women
fungus/fungi
species/species
medium/media
person/people
foot/feet
tooth/teeth
goose/geese
mouse/mice
louse/lice
child/children
penny/pence
ox/oxen
Possessive Plurals
For plural nouns ending in the letter s, add only the apostrophe. For example:
Singers' voices
For plural nouns not ending in the letter s, add an apostrophe and s. For example:
Women's soccer
Children's books
pants
clothes
binoculars
jeans
forceps
trousers
tongs
shorts
tweezers
people
pajamas
police
shorts
glasses
scissors
mathematics
Aggregate Nouns
Some nouns end in -s but have no singular (these are called aggregate nouns). These are
traditionally plural, but are also used for singular forms:
accomodations
bread
amends
tea
archives
cheese
bowels
jam
communications
soup
congratulations
soap
contents
snow
stairs
cotton
wood
thanks
water
goods
information
advice
knowledge
furniture
news
means
series
species
barracks
crossroads
gallows
headquarters
salmon
trout
deer
sheep
swine
offspring