2nd Class English Noun Number

      Number

There are two types of number. They are the following:

(i)  Singular Number

(ii)  Plural Number  

      Singular Number

A noun that denotes one person, place, animal or thing is called a singular noun. For example: doctor, fan, glass, box, bottle.

•  Chair is singular because it is only one.  

•  Book is singular because it is only one.  

•  Girl is singular because it is only one.

•  Mobile is singular because it is only one.

      Plural Number

A noun that denotes more than one person, place, animal or thing is called plural noun. For example:

•  Balls, pens, books, toffees, keys.
•  However, some nouns exist only in plurals
•  jeans, scissors, tongs, etc.

•  Chairs are plural because they are more than one. Books are plural because they are more than one.

•  Girls are plural because they are more than one. Mobiles are plural because they are more than one.