Question

Identify the noun of the plural form given in the bracket.
The tennis player showered many ____ on the trophy cup. (kiss)
(a) kiss’
(b) kiss’s
(c) kiss’es
(d) kisses

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given question and try to understand the information it is trying to convey. Now go through the options, recall what they signify, and choose the one that fits the context of the sentence, and helps it to convey the information in the best possible way.

Complete answer:
 Nouns are those words that indicate the name of a person, place, thing, or animal. For example- dog, cat, boy, etc.
Nouns are of two types based on the number-
i. Singular nouns- These nouns are used to indicate a single quantity of a specific noun. They are often accompanied by singular verbs and indefinite articles. For example- A box, an apple, a girl, etc.
ii. Plural nouns- These nouns are used to indicate two or more quantities of a noun. They are always used with plural verbs and definite articles. For example- The cars, the dogs, the girls, etc.
In the given question- We can see the use of the determiner ‘many’. Many are used for denoting two or more quantities of a noun.
Hence, the correct answer is; The tennis player showered many kisses on the trophy cup.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
(a) Kiss’ is an incorrect option because it is a singular noun.
(b) Kiss’s is an incorrect option because the use of apostrophe s suggests that it is a possessive noun.
(c) Kiss’es is an incorrect option because even though we can see the use of ‘es’, we can also see the use of an apostrophe s which is used to mark possession.
(d) Kisses is the correct option because it is the plural noun of ‘kiss’.Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘d’.

Note:
 Always remember that plural nouns are formed by joining ‘es’ or ‘s’ to the singular form of the noun. For example- Boxes is a plural noun that is formed by joining ‘es’ with the singular form ‘box’.