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3 3 Number

Warm-up

Tick (3) the correct plurals.

thiefs thieves sheep sheeps videos videoes
babys babies deers deer aircrafts aircraft

zeros zeroes

Number means to count.
So countable nouns are divided into two classes in terms of number.

1. Singular Number 2. Plural Number

Singular Number
A noun denoting a single person, place, animal or

object is of singular number, e.g. zebra, girl.

Plural Number

A noun denoting persons, places, animals

or objects, etc. more than one is of plural number, e.g.
apples, children.

Formation of Plurals
A. By adding s.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

book books plate plates
camel camels pupil pupils

duck ducks question questions

ear ears state states

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