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Title: Plural Nouns


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Plural Nouns
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Remember
  • Common nouns name any person, place, thing, or
  • idea.

ie My sister Mary ate all of the cookies.
My sister Mary ate all of the cookies .
Find the common nouns
Chris Drury plays on a hockey team.
Chris Drury plays on a hockey team.
The biggest football game of the year is the
Super Bowl.
The biggest football game of the year is the
Super Bowl.
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And
  • Proper nouns name a specific person, place,
  • thing, or idea.

ie My sister Mary ate all of the cookies.
My sister Mary ate all of the cookies .
Find the proper nouns
Chris Drury plays on a hockey team.
Chris Drury plays on a hockey team.
The biggest football game of the year is the
Super Bowl.
The biggest football game of the year is the
Super Bowl.
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  • So what is a plural noun?

A noun that names two or more persons,
places, things, or ideas.
girls
children
pigtails
fingers
glasses
cookies
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Plural rules
  • If a singular noun ends with s, ss, x, ch, sh, or
    z add es to form the plural.

inch
- inches
dress
- dresses
box
- boxes
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More plural rules
  • If a singular noun ends with a consonant and y,
    change the y to i and add es.

baby
- babies
lady
- ladies
story
- stories
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More plural rules
  • If the noun ends with a vowel and y, just add s.

toy
- toys
boy
- boys
kid
- kids
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Still more plural rules
  • Some nouns change form completely.

child
- children
tooth
- teeth
foot
- feet
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Confused Yet?
  • Some nouns have the same form for
  • both singular and plural.

fish
- fish
deer
- deer
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A final plural rule
  • Some singular nouns ending in f or fe change the
    f to v and add s or es to form the plural.

leaf
- leaves
thief
- thieves

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Lets form some plurals
box
- boxes
tray
- trays
family
- families
bakery
- bakeries
bush
- bushes
knife
- knives
shelf
- shelves
church
- churches
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Now try these
holiday
man
holidays
men
person
party
parties
people
life
cake
cakes
lives
present
catch
presents
catches
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