trains
The plural of "train" is trains.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and train follows this rule.
Meaning: a line of railway carriages pulled by an engine (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with trains: the trains are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: trains'.
How do you pronounce it?
train is pronounced /ˈtɹeɪn/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. trains means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- Only a handful of English nouns still form the plural without -s, among them men, feet, teeth and children.
Examples in context
- The trains run every hour.Singular: The train runs every hour.
- We changed trains twice.This sentence is the same in the singular.
