Plurals - Sentences' Structure - 60

    Plurals - Sentences' Structure

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Prior Information

Noun

Pronoun

Countable Noun

Singular and plural nouns

Articles

Auxiliary Verb

First, Second and Third person

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Countable Nouns have  singular and  plural forms (Singular means one , plural means more than one).  The auxiliary verb and the articles used with a countable noun change when the noun is changed from singular to plural or plural to singular form in a sentence.  One should have good information about the countable and uncountable nouns before framing a sentence involving plurals. Let’s have a look at the following sample sentences

A dog is an animal. Dog = Singular

Dogs are animals. Dogs = Plural

NOTE: Article a is dropped before  the plural noun Dogs. The auxiliary verb is is changed to are in the plural. s is added to the noun animal to make it a plural noun.

This, that is used before singular nouns and these those are used with plural nouns.

Uncountable nouns have no plural forms. Some nouns have no singulars like furniture pants etc. The word some before the plurals is very common.

A man is standing behind the door. Man = Singular

Some men are standing behind the door.  Men = Plural

PRONOUNS - SINGULAR AND PLURAL

Person	Singular	Plural
First	I	we
Second	you	you
Third	HeSheIt	TheyTheyThey

CIRCUMSTANCES – PRESENT

I am a student. - Singular

We are students. - Plural

You are late today.- Singular

You are late today. - Plural

He/she/it is an American. - Singular

They are Americans. - Plural

She is reading a news paper - Singular

They are reading newspapers. – Plural

CIRCUMSTANCES – PAST

I was a student in 1995. - Singular

We were students in 1995.- Plural

You were late yesterday. - Singular

You were late yesterday. - Plural

He/she/it was in London last week. - Singular

They were in London last week. - Plural

He was reading a news paper this  morning. - Singular

They were reading news paper this morning. - Plural

MORE MODEL SENTENCES

 An eye is blue or brown. - Singular

Eyes are blue or brown. - Plural

There is a big tree in the garden. - Singular

There are  big trees in the gardens. - Plural

An egg is kept in the basket. - Singular

Eggs are kept in the baskets. - Plural

Isn’t  this pencil yours? - Singular

Aren’t these pencils yours? - Plural

Where is the boy? - Singular

Where are the boys? - Plural

A bird can fly. - Singular

Birds can fly. - Plural

Is this mango sweet ?- Singular

Are these mangoes sweet or not.? - Plural