What is a plural sentence example?
The following sentences contain plural noun examples. The boys were throwing baseballs back and forth between bases. Our horses are much happier wearing lightweight English saddles. Those cats never seem to tire of chasing one another in and out of those boxes.
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| boat | boats |
| house | houses |
| cat | cats |
| river | rivers |
1 To make regular nouns plural, add –s to the end. 2 If the singular noun ends in –s, –ss, –sh, –ch, –x, or –z, you usually add -es to the end to make it plural. 3 In some cases, singular nouns ending in –s or –z require that you double the –s or –z prior to adding the –es for pluralization.
- demonstrative pronoun - these, those.
- indefinite pronoun - both, few, fewer, many, others, several.
- possessive pronoun - our, their, theirs.
- subject pronoun - we, they.
- object pronoun - us, them.
- reflexive and intensive pronoun - ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
'You' as the Plural Pronoun
For example: What are you (guys) doing here? You lot are cheerful! Y'all are invited to my sweet sixteen party!
- Plural noun of child – children.
- Plural noun of fox – foxes.
- Plural noun of loaf – loaves.
- Plural noun of ship – ships.
- Plural noun of school – schools.
- Plural noun of door – doors.
- Plural noun of sister-in-law – sisters-in-law.
- Plural form of baby – babies.
Plural nouns refer to a noun with more than one thing. Examples: plants, cats, beaches, fungi, feet.
Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural). Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural. verbs REMOVE an s from the singular form.
The easiest way to tell if a noun is a singular noun or a plural noun is to look at how much of something it is referring to. If it is only referring to one person or thing, it is a singular noun. If it is referring to more than one person or thing, it is a plural noun.
- How to form plural nouns.
- Plural rule #1: -s and -es suffixes.
- Plural rule #2: -y and -ie suffixes.
- Plural rule #3: -o endings.
- Plural rule #4: -f and -fe endings.
- Plural rule #5: some '-s' and '-z' endings.
- Irregular plural nouns in English.
What are 10 examples of plural in form but singular in meaning?
Important Information! Some nouns—especially those ending in -s —although plural in form, are singular in number and in meaning: news, measles, mumps, calculus, rickets, billiards, molasses, dizziness, and other –ness ending nouns. These nouns require singular verb forms.
If you're referring to yourself with pronouns, you use first-person pronouns: I, me, my, and mine, or the plural forms we, us, our(s). If you're referring to the person you're speaking with, you use second-person pronouns: you and your(s). The plural forms are the same.
| Singular Form | Plural Form |
|---|---|
| goose | geese |
| mouse | mice |
| man | men |
| woman | women |
Its (without an apostrophe) is the possessive form of it, so it means “belonging to it.” “The cat ate its food.”
Semantically, you is both singular and plural, though syntactically it is almost always plural: i.e. always takes a verb form that originally marked the word as plural, (i.e. you are, in common with we are and they are).
The following sentences contain plural noun examples. The boys were throwing baseballs back and forth between bases. Our horses are much happier wearing lightweight English saddles. Those cats never seem to tire of chasing one another in and out of those boxes.
A double plural is the plural form of a noun with an additional plural ending (usually -s) attached; for example, candelabras (singular, candelabrum; plural, candelabra) or sixpences (singular, penny; plural, pence).
Yes, a sentence can contain two plural nouns that both end in "s" right beside each other. For example, "The cats' toys." In this sentence, both "cats" and "toys" are plural nouns ending in "s."
- I wrote a poem.
- My mother is a teacher.
- My father bought a new car.
- Jerry is upset because he flunked the exam.
- The boy had a baseball in his hand.
- My horse prefers to wear an English saddle.
- That cat never seems to tire of jumping in and out of the box.
- You stole my idea and didn't give me any credit.
- Your mom is going to be upset about that broken lamp.
What is an example of a sentence with a plural subject and verb?
EXAMPLE: Under the tree is/are several flowers. In this case, the verb must be plural (“are”) because the subject (“flowers”) is plural. Simple pronouns and their numbers (singular/plural) are as follows: Singular Plural 1st person I dance.
- 1- Subject-verb agreement 🖊️ In English sentences, subjects and verbs must be in sync. ...
- 2- Adjectives and adverbs 📓 ...
- 3- Punctuation 📗 ...
- 4- Sentence structure 🗒️ ...
- 5- Verb conjugations and tenses 🔨 ...
- 6- Quantifiers ✒️ ...
- 7- Active voice 🏃 ...
- 8- Correct article usage 🤔
| Simple Subjects | Compound Subjects |
|---|---|
| The cat ran down the road. | The cats and dogs ran down the road. |
| A boy ate his dinner. | A boy and girl ate their dinner. |
| The sewer was full of rats. | The sewer and the pipes were full of rats. |
- Add -s. Most regular nouns can be made plural by adding an -s to the end of the word. ...
- Add -es. ...
- Change y to i. ...
- Change -us to i. ...
- Change f to v. ...
- Add -es to consonant + o endings. ...
- Change the spelling of the singular noun. ...
- Don't change anything.
I is not used as a plural subject. It is a singular subject. I believe you are wondering why it doesn't use the same verb form as the singular pronouns he and she.
