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"
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 % | |
Noushmehr Norsobhi | 1 | 100/00 % | |
محمدحسین میرزایی | 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 % | |
Tara Mohammadi | 3 | 96/43 % | |
yasaman mohamadipur | 51 | 95/86 % | |
مهدی هنرمند | 1 | 95/24 % | |
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 % | |
عباس پورمیدانی | 1 | 90/00 % | |
پریسا سلوکی شهرضایی | 72 | 89/49 % | |
ارشیا قلمکاری | 33 | 89/23 % | |
Matin Azimipour | 30 | 88/17 % |