Singular and Plural Nouns

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Singular and Plural Nouns

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Nouns

• Nouns are words that name a person, place, thing
  or idea.

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Singular Nouns

• Singular nouns are nouns that name one person,
  place, thing or idea.

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Plural Nouns

• Plural nouns name more than one person, place,
  thing or idea.

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Plural Noun Endings

• Many plural nouns end in s.
• girls, boys, homes, clouds
• Plural nouns that end in ch, sh, x, s or ss,
  must have an es added to make it plural.
• matches, glasses, taxes, circuses
• Some singular nouns end in a consonant and y. To
  form these plural nouns, change the y to i and
  add es.
• ladies, hobbies, parties, copies

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Practice

• On a piece of paper write the plurals of each of
  these words. Remember, plurals can be formed by
  adding s, es, changing the y to i and adding es
  or the plural can be irregular.
• storm
• baby
• box
• beach
• tree
• copy
• boss
• day

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Lets check how you did.

• storm-storms
• baby-babies
• box-boxes
• beach-beaches
• tree-trees
• copy-copies
• boss-bosses
• day-days
• Great job. Singular and plural nouns werent so
  difficult after all!