Count nouns have two forms: singular and plural.
Singular count nouns refer to one person or thing:
| a teacher | a book | a wish | an idea |
Plural count nouns refer to more than one person or thing:
| teachers | books | wishes | ideas |
Singular count nouns cannot be used alone. They must have a determiner:
| the English teacher | that book | a wish | my latest idea |
We usually add –s to make a plural noun:
| book | > | books |
| school | > | schools |
| friend | > | friends |
We add –es to nouns ending in –s, –ch, –sh, –ss, –x and –o:
| class | > | classes |
| watch | > | watches |
| gas | > | gases |
| wish | > | wishes |
| box | > | boxes |
| potato | > | potatoes |
When a noun ends in a consonant and –y, we make the plural with –ies:
| lady | > | ladies |
| country | > | countries |
| party | > | parties |
If a noun ends in a vowel and –y, we simply add –s:
| boy | > | boys |
| day | > | days |
| play | > | plays |
Some common nouns have irregular plurals:
| man | > | men |
| woman | > | women |
| child | > | children |
| person | > | people |
| foot | > | feet |
Plural count nouns do not have a general determiner when they refer to people or things in general:
Computers are very expensive.
But they may have a specific determiner:
Those computers are very expensive.
Her sisters live there.
or a quantifier:
| some new books | a few teachers | lots of good ideas |
or a numeral:
| two new books | three wishes |
Common problems with count and uncount nouns
"Put your question in the box"
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خودآزمایی ها |
| نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
|---|---|---|---|
| یاشار اسکندری | 2 | 100/00 % | |
| مهدی سلاسل | 1 | 75/00 % | |
| شيرين محكم كار | 1 | 37/50 % | |
| Iliya Yavari | 2 | 21/05 % | |
| leili hasannejad | 2 | 21/05 % | |
| رامین مسعودی | 2 | 21/05 % | |
| محمد حسین محسنی فر | 2 | 18/42 % | |
| صدرا پیریایی | 2 | 18/42 % | |
| محمدمعین نادریان | 2 | 18/42 % | |
| مریم عیدی | 2 | 15/79 % | |
| بهناز زادمهر | 1 | 0/00 % |
| نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
|---|---|---|---|
| َAmeneh Darvishzadeh | 1 | 100/00 % | |
| Mehrad Hashemi | 1 | 100/00 % | |
| مهدی حسین پور آقائی | 1 | 100/00 % | |
| Farnoush Toghiany | 21 | 98/36 % | |
| zahra namdari | 46 | 98/21 % | |
| یاسمن محمدی پور | 4 | 98/08 % | |
| Sheida Taheri | 3 | 97/37 % | |
| پژمان همدانی | 3 | 97/37 % | |
| محمدحسین میرزایی | 3 | 97/30 % | |
| Tara Mohammadi | 3 | 96/43 % | |
| yasaman mohamadipur | 51 | 95/86 % | |
| محمدجواد ملائی اردستانی | 3 | 94/44 % | |
| Arzhang Saberi | 4 | 93/33 % | |
| Soheila Karimi | 124 | 92/73 % | |
| aram farhmand | 10 | 92/31 % | |
| یاشار اسکندری | 98 | 91/14 % | |
| الشان مقیمی آذر | 11 | 90/80 % | |
| عباس پورمیدانی | 1 | 90/00 % | |
| پریسا سلوکی شهرضایی | 72 | 89/49 % | |
| ارشیا قلمکاری | 33 | 89/23 % |