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English Year 6 Language Bank
Language Bank

Nouns

A noun is the name of a person, an animal, a thing or a
place. The following are different types of nouns:

Common Nouns (common names)
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Nouns Countable / Uncountable /
Count Nouns Mass Nouns

(i) Singular nouns (i) Abstract nouns
Proper Nouns (specif c names)
(concrete) e.g. joy, sadness,
e.g. Eric, Lucky, Proton Saga, Johor Bahru, e.g. woman, rat, friendship,
Deepavali, August, Thursday, Christian, India desk, bank truth
(ii) Plural nouns (ii) Concrete nouns
(concrete) e.g. mud, wool,
e.g. women, rats, butter, juice
desks, banks

Singular and Plural Nouns

Singular Nouns Plural Nouns

A singular noun refers to one item. A plural noun refers to two or more than
e.g. a man, one goat, a tree, the park two items.
e.g. two men, five goats, many trees,
those parks
The following are the rules for the formation of plural nouns:
1 Add -s 5 Change -f or -fe to -ves

e.g. girls, cups, cats, stems e.g. leaf – leaves, wolf – wolves, life – lives,
knife – knives
2 Add -es to nouns ending in -ch, -sh, -x, -s

e.g. branch – branches, brush – brushes, 6 Change vowels in the middle
fox – foxes, class – classes e.g. goose – geese, tooth – teeth, foot – feet
3 Nouns ending in -o take -es. But some of them 7 Have the same form in the singular and the

take -s only. plural
e.g. tomato – tomatoes, potato – potatoes e.g. deer, luggage, information, rubbish
radio – radios, kangaroo – kangaroos
8 Always in the plural form
4 For nouns that end in -y: e.g. spectacles, scissors, trousers, binoculars
(i) change -y to -ies
e.g. baby – babies, party – parties 9 Have irregular form in the plural Language Bank
e.g. child – children, ox – oxen, mouse – mice
(ii) add -s only when there is a vowel before -y
e.g. boy – boys, key – keys, tray – trays

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