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All the major categories of Countable and Uncountable nouns with examples singular and plural rules in English grammar

List of common singular and plural nouns

Categories: Basic English Grammar Accuracy

Regular Plural Nouns

 Rule: Just add -s or -es

SingularPlural
bookbooks
penpens
carcars
catcats
dogdogs
boxboxes
busbuses
dishdishes
watchwatches
classclasses


Irregular Plural Nouns

Rule: Change spelling (not just add -s)

SingularPlural
childchildren
manmen
womanwomen
toothteeth
footfeet
mousemice
goosegeese
personpeople
oxoxen
louselice


Same Form (Singular = Plural)

Rule: Word doesn’t change in plural

SingularPlural
sheepsheep
fishfish
deerdeer
speciesspecies
seriesseries
aircraftaircraft


Special Plurals (Latin/Greek origin)

SingularPlural
cactuscacti / cactuses
fungusfungi / funguses
nucleusnuclei
syllabussyllabi / syllabuses
analysisanalyses
thesistheses
crisiscrises
phenomenonphenomena
criterioncriteria
datumdata

100 Singular and Plural Nouns List


1. Regular Plurals (add -s or -es)

  1. book → books

  2. pen → pens

  3. car → cars

  4. bag → bags

  5. chair → chairs

  6. table → tables

  7. boy → boys

  8. girl → girls

  9. dog → dogs

  10. cat → cats

  11. hat → hats

  12. cup → cups

  13. plate → plates

  14. apple → apples

  15. orange → oranges

  16. banana → bananas

  17. mango → mangoes

  18. tomato → tomatoes

  19. potato → potatoes

  20. box → boxes

  21. bus → buses

  22. brush → brushes

  23. dish → dishes

  24. glass → glasses

  25. dress → dresses

  26. watch → watches

  27. match → matches

  28. class → classes

  29. fox → foxes

  30. hero → heroes


2. Irregular Plurals

  1. child → children

  2. man → men

  3. woman → women

  4. tooth → teeth

  5. foot → feet

  6. mouse → mice

  7. goose → geese

  8. person → people

  9. ox → oxen

  10. louse → lice

  11. cactus → cacti

  12. fungus → fungi

  13. nucleus → nuclei

  14. syllabus → syllabi

  15. analysis → analyses

  16. thesis → theses

  17. crisis → crises

  18. phenomenon → phenomena

  19. criterion → criteria

  20. datum → data


3. Same Form (Singular = Plural)

  1. sheep → sheep

  2. fish → fish

  3. deer → deer

  4. species → species

  5. series → series

  6. aircraft → aircraft

  7. salmon → salmon

  8. trout → trout

  9. bison → bison

  10. moose → moose


4. Special/Foreign Plurals

  1. alumnus → alumni

  2. alumna → alumnae

  3. appendix → appendices

  4. index → indices / indexes

  5. matrix → matrices

  6. vertex → vertices

  7. radius → radii

  8. stimulus → stimuli

  9. bacterium → bacteria

  10. medium → media


5. Everyday Objects / Common Words

  1. key → keys

  2. door → doors

  3. window → windows

  4. bed → beds

  5. pillow → pillows

  6. blanket → blankets

  7. shoe → shoes

  8. shirt → shirts

  9. dress → dresses

  10. trouser → trousers


6. Food Items

  1. egg → eggs

  2. sandwich → sandwiches

  3. cake → cakes

  4. cookie → cookies

  5. burger → burgers

  6. pizza → pizzas

  7. onion → onions

  8. carrot → carrots

  9. grape → grapes

  10. lemon → lemons


7. Nature / Animals / Things

  1. tree → trees

  2. flower → flowers

  3. leaf → leaves

  4. life → lives

  5. knife → knives

  6. wolf → wolves

  7. shelf → shelves

  8. elf → elves

  9. half → halves

  10. calf → calves

All the major categories of Countable and Uncountable nouns with examples singular and plural rules in English grammar