Nouns

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Nouns

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What is a noun?

• A noun is a
• Person
• Place
• Thing

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Singular Nouns

• Singular nouns name one person, thing, or place.
• Singular means one (1).

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Examples of Singular Nouns

• book
• crayon
• apple

• flower
• house

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Plural Nouns

• A plural noun names more than one person, place,
  or thing.
• To make most nouns plural, add s

• books
• flowers
• apples

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Nouns with special endings

• If a noun ends in ch, sh, s, x, or z add -es
• Examples
• box boxes
• bus buses
• brush brushes

• If a noun ends in f or fe, the f or fe becomes
  ves
• Examples
• elf elves
• loaf loaves
• thief thieves

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Y nouns

• Ends in a vowel y? Just add s
• Examples
• boy boys
• day days
• key keys

• Ends in a consonant Y? Change the Y to I and
  add es
• Examples
• baby babies
• country countries
• spy spies

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Nouns that end in O

• To most nouns that end in O just add s
• Examples
• kangaroo kangaroos
• piano pianos
• video videos

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Exceptions

• Certain nouns that end in a consonant o
• hero heroes
• potato potatoes
• volcano volcanoes

• Certain nouns change a vowel sound when they
  become plural.
• goose geese
• man men
• mouse mice
• tooth teeth

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Some dont change at all!

• deer
• fish

• sheep

• species

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Old English

• Some are left from olden times
• child children
• ox oxen

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Symbols, numbers,

• When you have a symbol, number, or letters, add
  s
• Example
• 1990 1990s
• A As
• s

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Batter up!!!

• Now on to a review game! The singular noun will
  appear on the screen and when the ball is tossed
  to you, you must SPELL the plural noun.

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First up

• bag

• bags

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Whats the plural of

• box

• boxes

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Old English anyone?

• child

• children

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Lets add some color

• blue

• blues

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• knife

• knives

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Plurals

• envelope

• envelopes

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Plurals

• bunch

• bunches

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Plurals

• fox

• foxes

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• 1980

• 1980s

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• bay

• bays

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• tomato

• tomatoes

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• zoo

• zoos

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Plurals

• county

• counties

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How about a harder one?

• moose

• moose

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• woman

• women

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• foot

• feet

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• inch

• inches

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• tooth

• teeth

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• mouse

• mice

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• house

• houses

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• man

• men

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• match

• matches

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• hero

heroes
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For practice go to

• Practice with Plural Nouns go to
• www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html
• Practice with Nouns go to
• www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
• For practice with plural and singular nouns
• www.quia.com/mc/67715.html