A noun is either an object, a person, a place or an idea.
When learning a language I always recommend learning and memorising 20-50 nouns as a good starting point. Just by knowing these nouns you will be able to be understood and complete simple tasks such as understanding menus or ordering coffee.
For the plural form of most nouns, add s.
car – cars
card – cards
dog – dogs
desk – desks
door – doors
window – windows
For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es.
box – boxes
watch – watches
gas – gases
kiss – kisses
For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es.
wolf – wolves
leaf – leaves
life – lives
wife – wives
Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules.
baby – babies
toy – toys
kidney – kidneys
potato – potatoes
memo – memos
stereo – stereos
A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.
sheep – sheep
deer – deer
series – series
species – species
The rule is not completely perfect an there are a few nouns that have irregular plural forms.
man – men
person – people
mouse – mice
When a family name (a proper noun) is pluralised, in the vast majority of the cases we just simply add an “s.” So we go on holiday with the Smiths, visit the Horrigans, have lunch with the O’Conners, etc.
When a proper noun ends in an “s” with a hard “z” sound, we don’t add any ending to form the plural: “The Charmers are having another baby” (not the Charmeses). There are exceptions even to this: we say “The Joneses are coming over,” and we’d probably write “The Stevenses are coming, too.”
1) Man
2) Child
3) Furniture
4) Experience
5) O’Connor
6) ski
7) gas
8) Sheep
9) Woman
10) Person
Answers to task
1) Men
2) Children
3) Furniture
4) Experiences
5) O’Connors
6) Skis
7) Gases
8) Sheep
9) Women
10) People