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Nouns
Nouns are words that refer to people, places, things and concepts. In English nouns can refer to one item (singular) or more than one item (plural). An 's' or 'es' is added to the end of most nouns when referring to more than one of that item. A few nouns have irregular plural forms.
| the boat | |
| the boats | |
| a boat | |
| some boats | |
| boats | |
| the apple | |
| an apple | |
| some apples | |
| apples |
The following table shows the plural form of some common English nouns.
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| boat | boats | |
| book | books | |
| course | courses | |
| match | matches | |
| valley | valleys | |
| sky | skies | |
| child | children | |
| man | men | |
| woman | women | |
| mouse | mice | |
| foot | feet | |
| tooth | teeth | |
| fish | fish |
