ENGLISH GRAMMAR GUIDE
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS INCLUDING IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
A. Regular Nouns
Kebanyakan
kata benda tunggal membentuk jamak degan menambahkan –s.
Examples:
Singular
|
Flural
|
Boat
|
Boats
|
House
|
Houses
|
Cat
|
Cats
|
River
|
Rivers
|
Sebuah
kata benda benda tunggal berakhir di s, x, z, ch, sh membuat jamak dengan
menambahkan –es.
Examples:
Singular
|
Flural
|
Woman
|
Women
|
Man
|
Men
|
Child
|
Childrem
|
Tooth
|
Teeth
|
Foot
|
Feet
|
Person
|
People
|
Leaf
|
Leaves
|
Mouse
|
Mice
|
Goose
|
Geese
|
Half
|
Halves
|
Knife
|
Knives
|
Wife
|
Wives
|
Life
|
Lives
|
Elf
|
Elves
|
Loaf
|
Loaves
|
Potato
|
Potatoes
|
Tomato
|
Tomatoes
|
Cactus
|
Cacti
|
Focus
|
Foci
|
Fungus
|
Fungi
|
Nucleus
|
Nuclei
|
Syllabus
|
Syllabi/Syllabuses
|
Analysis
|
Analyses
|
Diagnosis
|
Diagnoses
|
Oasis
|
Oases
|
Thesis
|
Theses
|
Crisis
|
Crises
|
Phenomenon
|
Phenomena
|
Criterion
|
Criteria
|
Datum
|
Data
|
Beberapa
kata benda memiliki bentuk yang sama dalam bentuk tunggal dan jamak.
Examples:
Singular
|
Plural
|
Sheep
|
Sheep
|
Fish
|
Fish
|
Deer
|
Deer
|
Species
|
Species
|
Aircraft
|
Aircraft
|
B. IRREGULAR VERB/NOUN AGREEMENT
Beberapa
kata benda memiliki bentuk jamak tetapi mengambil kata kerja tunggal.
Examples:
Plural Nouns With A
Singular Verb
|
Sentence
|
News
|
The news is at 6.30 p.m
|
Athletics
|
Athletics is good for
young people
|
Linguistics
|
Linguistics is the study
of language
|
Darts
|
Darts is a popular game
in England
|
Billiards
|
Billiards is played all
over the world
|
Beberapa
kata benda memiliki bentuk jamak tetap dan mengambil kata kerja jamak. Mereka tidak
digunakan dalam bentuk tunggal atau mereka memiliki arti yang berbeda dalam
bentuk tunggal. Kata benda seperti meliputi celana, jeans, kacamata, tabungan,
terima kasih, langkah, tangga, adat istiadat, selamat, tropis, upah, pinggiran,
barang, akal.
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