Singular and Plural Nouns for Class 2: Examples & Worksheets for Fun Learning

Singular and Plural for Class 2: Remember that time you saw two fluffy bunnies hopping in the park? How did you address them? If you said, “Look, two bunny!” Then, my friend, it is not how the realm of English grammar works. Don’t worry, even superheroes get things wrong sometimes, especially when they are up against the trickery of words like ‘one’ and ‘many’. But, you can be different. Once you get a hold of the secret powers of singular and plural nouns with the simple examples and fun exercises in this blog; no one can stop you from avoiding those grammar slip-ups. And who knows, maybe you end up outsmarting your fellow schoolmates after finishing this read. 

Also Read: Nouns: Examples, Definition, Types

Singular and Plural for Class 2 – Definition

To begin with, imagine yourself alone in a room. It means you are a single person (singular noun) in the room. After a few hours, you get bored and invite two of your friends (plural noun) to play along. Did you notice the impact of numbers between the two situations? If not, then take a look at this standard definition and example of singular and plural for class 2 to know it better. 

• Singular Noun: It represents the name of a single person, place, thing, or animal. To elaborate, whenever you mention only one naming word, it is a singular form of noun. For example, one apple, one city, one racket, etc. 
• Plural Noun: It addresses the name of more than one person, place, animal or object. Meaning, they are always more in quantity than one. For example, apples, cities, rackets, cats, etc. 

Also Read: Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Rules for Changing Singular to Plural for Class 2

Now that you know about what are the singular and plural forms of nouns, here comes the fun part. Master these simple conversion rules and you are done preparing for at least this portion of your English grammar syllabus. 

Add ‘s’ to the end of a singular noun to make it plural

Add ‘es’ for nouns ending in ‘s,’ ‘sh,’ ‘ch,’ ‘x,’ or ‘z’ to pluralise.

In some special cases (Irregular plurals) you do not need to follow the ‘s/-es’ rules. Take a look at the following examples for better understanding. 

• Change the vowel sound

• Change the ending of the noun completely

For Example – Child -> Children, Goose -> Geese

Bonus Rule – Uncountable Nouns don’t change form from Singular to Plural

Unlike the rules you have studied so far, uncountable nouns like water, air, sugar, etc. do not have singular or plural forms. Therefore, you must denote them with words like – much, little, some, a lot, etc. 

Singular – Plural for Class 2 Worksheet 

Everything said and done, let’s test how far you have come while learning these two types of nouns. All you have to do is download the following singular and plural worksheets and solve them as per the instructions to gain grammar ninja-level confidence. 

Worksheet 1 – Circle the Plural Noun

Worksheet 2 – Make it Plural 

Explore more reads on nouns below:

Common Noun	Abstract Nouns
What are Singular Nouns?	Plural Nouns
Collective Nouns	Compound Nouns
What are Material Nouns?	What are Possessive Nouns?

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