
Singular nouns digunakan untuk menunjukkan suatu benda yang berjumlah tunggal atau satu, misalnya: a computer, a chair, a train, a player, a teacher, a taxi, etc. Sedangkan plural nouns digunakan untuk menunjukkan benda yang berjumlah banyak (jamak), misalnya: computers, chairs, trains, players, teachers, taxis, etc.
Singular nouns umumnya disertai determiners (a/an, this, that, the), misalnya: a river, a castle, an idea, this book, the man, etc.
Umumnya plural nouns dibentuk dengan menambah huruf -s di belakang kata benda yang akan dibuat dalam bentuk jamak, misalnya: boats, bats, houses, rivers, computer, boys, girls, etc.
Perhatikan catatan dan contoh pembentukan plural nouns berikut di bawah ini.
Nomina yang berakhiran -s, -ss, -ch, -sh atau –x ditambah akhiran –es.
- bus --> buses
- glass --> glasses
- dress --> dresses
- branch --> branches
- church --> churches
- beach --> beaches
- sandwich --> sandwiches
- witch --> witches
- brush --> brushes
- flash --> flashes
- box --> boxes
- fox --> foxes
- baby --> babies
- family --> families
- story --> stories
- fairy --> fairies
- puppy --> puppies
- housefly --> houseflies
- library --> libraries
- city --> cities
- lily --> lilies
- party --> parties
- dictionary --> dictionaries
- key --> keys
- monkey --> monkeys
- donkey --> donkeys
- toy --> toys
- boy --> boys
- cowboy --> cowboys
- day --> days
- tray --> trays
- runway --> runways
- chimney --> chimneys
- trolley --> trolleys
- valley --> valleys
- half --> halves
- leaf --> leaves
- shelf --> shelves
- wolf --> wolves
- thief --> thieves
- chief --> chiefs
- roof --> roofs
- handkerchief --> handkerchiefs
- cliff --> cliffs
- puff --> puffs
- scarf --> scarfs or scarves
- hoof --> hoofs or hooves
- dwarf --> dwarfs or dwarves
- wharf --> wharfs or wharves
- knife --> knives
- wife --> wives
- life --> lives
- midwife --> midwives
- video --> videos
- hippo --> hippos
- zoo --> zoos
- kangaroo --> kangaroos
- tomato --> tomatoes
- potato --> potatoes
- hero --> heroes
- mango --> mangoes or mangos
- mosquito --> mosquitoes or mosquitos
- zero --> zeroes or zeros
- buffalo --> buffaloes or buffalos
- man --> men
- woman --> women
- child --> children
- person --> people
- mouse --> mice
- tooth --> teeth
- foot --> feet
- goose --> geese
- sheep --> sheep
- deer --> deer
- fish --> fish
- aircraft --> aircraft
- salmon --> salmon
- The list of endangered species includes nearly 600 fishes.
- a pair of binoculars
- a pair of spectacles
- a pair of jeans
- mother-in-law --> mothers-in-law
- passerby --> passersby
- sister-in-law --> sisters-in-law
- mix-up --> mix-ups
- takeoff --> takeoffs
- cupful --> cupfuls
- How many 3’s make 9?
- There are two m’s in ‘comma’.
- nucleus --> nuclei
- syllabus --> syllabi
- focus --> foci (focuses)
- fungus --> fungi
- cactus --> cacti (cactuses)
- thesis --> theses
- crisis --> crises
- phenomenon --> phenomena
- index --> indices (indexes)
- appendix --> appendices (appendixes)
- criterion --> criteria
- analysis --> analyses
- axis --> axes
- bacterium --> bacteria
- parenthesis -->parentheses
- datum --> data
- alumnus --> alumni