Nouns and its forms - Countable and Uncountable

Nouns are countable and uncountable.

Countable nouns:

These are of singular and plural forms.

Singular countable nouns cannot be used alone. They must have a/an/the or any other determiner like my, that etc.

Plural countable forms are made by:

i) adding -s at the end of the noun:

pen-pens, table-tables, school-schools

ii) adding -es to the nouns ending with -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, x:

bus-buses, glass-glasses, watch-watches, box-boxes, dish-dishes

iii) adding -ies to the nouns ending with a consonant and a -y:

lady-ladies, party-parties, baby-babies

iv) however, we add -s to the nouns with a vowel and -y:

boy-boys, play-plays, monkey-monkeys

v) we add -ves to nouns ending with -f/-fe:

shelf-shelves, knife-knives

vi) some nouns have irregular plural forms like:

woman-women, child-children, fish-fish, sheep-sheep

Uncountable Nouns:

i) Uncountable nouns have always one form.

ii) We cannot use a/an with uncountable nouns.

iii) But we can use a piece of.../ a glass of.../ a game of.../ a bowl of...with uncountable noun.


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