students
The plural of "student" is students.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and student follows this rule.
Meaning: a person who is studying (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with students: the students are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: students'.
How do you pronounce it?
student is pronounced /ˈstjuː.dn̩t/. The plural ending sounds like /s/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. students means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The -s plural goes back to the Old English ending -as, which belonged to only one group of nouns, as in stānas, "stones". By the end of the Middle Ages it had spread to almost every noun.
Examples in context
- The students passed the exam.Singular: The student passed the exam.
- The class has thirty students.Singular: The class has one student.
