Singular and plural noun (Sentence formation)

Sentence Formation

A sentence follows Subject + Verb + Object word order.

To learn about the process of making sentences, you have to learn the noun (subject) and verb relation in detail.

Singular nouns and plural noun

Singular noun (subject)	verbs
Ram Sita He She It A baby A child This That Man Woman Only one thing or subject	V5 (does), is, has, was

Plural noun  (subject)	verbs
Ram and Sita They We You The babies The children These Those Men Women Two or more than two	V1 (do), are, have, were

   Note: The subject "I" takes v1,do, am, have, & was as verbs.

Some basic rules to use for making plural noun from singular noun

For example,

Use “s’’ to make plural if the word ends with a vowel + consonant in the following situations.

Girl                                      Girls

paper                                    Papers

If noun ends with vowel +y , use s

Boy                                      Boys

Toy                                      Toys

Say                                      Says

Ray                                      Rays

Lay                                      Lays

 

If the nouns end with sh, ch, x, z or s use ‘’es’’.

Bush                                   Bushes

Crush                                  Crushes

Bench                                  Benches

Bunch                                  Bunches

Box                                      Boxes

Sex                                      Sexes

Buzz                                    Buzzes

Quiz                                     Quizzes

 Bus                                      Buses

Loss                                     Losses

 

If noun ends with consonant +y, change y to I and add ‘’es’’

Fly                                Flies

Lady                            Ladies

Facility                        Facilities

Majority                    Majorities

Minority                    Minorities

 

If noun ends with f or fe, change f or fe to ‘’ves’’

Life                         Lives

Wife                       Wives

Knife                      Knives

Leaf                        Leaves

Loaf                       Loaves

Wolf                      Wolves

If noun ends with consonant+ o, use ‘’es’’

Potato                        Potatoes

Tomato                      Tomatoes

Hero                          Heroes

Volcano                     Volcanoes