Plurals and uncountable nouns
-s, -es, -ies, irregular plurals and nouns with no plural (information, advice…).
| Rule | Examples |
|---|---|
| + s | book → books, car → cars |
| -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o → + es | bus → buses, box → boxes, potato → potatoes |
| consonant + y → ies | city → cities (but day → days) |
| -f / -fe → ves | knife → knives, wife → wives, half → halves |
| irregular | man → men, woman → women, child → children, foot → feet, tooth → teeth, mouse → mice, person → people |
Uncountable nouns
Some nouns are uncountable in English even if they are countable in other languages: no plural, no «a / an», singular verb.
| Uncountable noun | Meaning | To count it |
|---|---|---|
| information | facts, details | a piece of information |
| advice | suggestions | a piece of advice |
| furniture | tables, chairs, beds… | a piece of furniture |
| news | new information (singular!) | a piece of news |
| luggage / baggage | bags and suitcases | a bag, a suitcase |
| homework | school work done at home | an exercise |
| progress | improvement | — |
| hair | all the hair on your head | a hair = one single hair |
Test yourself
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Plural of «child»?
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Plural of «city»?
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cities -
Correct: Can you give me some informations?
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Can you give me some information? -
Correct: The news are bad.
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The news is bad.