1.

HUNDRED nouns showing number and measurement have the same plural form when there is a
THOUSAND number in front of them, e.g. 10 thousand people
MILLION but they (except gross) have the ending –S when there is no number in front of them,
when there is a prepositional phrase before or after them
DOZEN e.g. thousands of people
GROSS pack them in hundreds
HEAD
SCORE

2.POUND- 0,454 kg these nouns have plurals pounds, feet,stones

STONE- 6,356 kg
FOOT-30,48 cm

3 ADVICE singular uncountable nouns, cannot be preceded by the indefinite article, and they take a
FURNITURE SINGULAR VERB, and cannot be preceded by a numeral
INFORMATION if we want to use them with plural meaning, we use some set phrases, as a piece of, a bit
INTELLIGENCE of, an item of
WORK
HOMEWORK
KNOWLEDGE
NEWS
LUGGAGE

4.A SWISS proper nouns indicating a nationality ending in a “hissing”, sibilant sound do not have
A PORTUGUESE plural form
A CHINESE
plural is formed by the addition of the definite article THE
5.TEAM
GOVERNMENT these are group nouns VERB SING. OR PLUR.
FAMILY
CLASS the noun PEOPLE in the meaning “svet” –no plur., when meaning “nation” it has plural
ORCHESTRA
STAFF
HERD

6 RAIN singular, uncount. Material nouns, normally do not have a plural form, but when used
SAND with poetic or emphatic force, they can have pl. and have special meanings
SNOW
WATER

7 .PHONETICS have NO SING form; names of subjects, sciences, plural in form, usu. Treated as singular
PHYSICS and usu. Take a SINGULAR VERB
POLITICS
MATHEMATICS
ACOUSTICS - akustika kao kvalitet plural verb

8 .MEASLES-ospice,SingV names of deseases or illnesses, only have singular form

RICKETS-rahitisSing/PlurV
MUMPS-zauskeSingV

9 .SCISSORS so-called bipartites; names of tools and instruments consisting of 2 (identical) parts
SHEARS
GLASSES
SPECTACLES
PINCERS
SCALES

10.TROUSERS items of clothing, have only plural form

TIGHTS
SHORTS
PYJAMAS
KNICKERS
SUSPENDERS
11 .LODGINGS
PREMISES only plural form available
SUBURBS
OUTSKIRTS
ENVIRONS
HEADQUARTERS

12 .SPIRIT ( spirits-mood, but he has a kindly spirit; spirits –alcohol, but alcohol is a spirit)
these nouns have regular plural forms, but the meaning of plural form is different from
PAIN ( pains, take pains) that in sigular
MANNER( manners-maniri)

GOOD(goods-roba)
CUSTOM ( customs-carina)

LETTER( letters – a man of letters)

ODD( butodds in betting)

ARM (arms-weapons
CHARACTER
BRAIN ( brains- intellect, he’s got good brains)

CLOTH( cloths-krpe, clothes)

PLURAL OF THE COMPOUN DS

1.FELLOW-PASSENGER these are compound nouns, where usually only the last element is pluralised
BOY-FRIEND
MAID-SERVANT
SCHOOL-MATE
TOOTH-BRUSH
HANDFUL
BREAKDOWN
FORGET-ME-NOT nezaboravak
GOOD-FOR-NOTHING nistarija
MERRY-GO ROUND vrteska
2.POLICEMAN compoundes ending in –man, form their plural in MEN
MILKMAN
FRENCHMAN
3. GERMAN not compounds, form their plural by adding -S
ROMAN
4MAN-FRIEND if the first element of a compound is MAN or WOMAN, BOTH elements are pluralised
WOMAN-CLERK
LADY-DOCTOR lady is NOT pluralised
5.EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
POINT-OF-VIEW if a noun is followed by a prepositional phrase, and adverb, or an infinitive,
LOOKER-ON only the first element is usually pluralised
PASSER-BY
MOTHER-TO-BE
MOTHER-IN-LAW
6 GROWN-UP compounds formed of a verb+adverb, -S is added to the last element
STAND-BY
7 .COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF we normally add –S to the first element but in AE and in spoken
MOTHER-IN-LAW English, we can also say mother-in-laws, these nouns are felt as single units
BROTHER-IN-LAW