plural

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Nouns - plural

• By
• Michline Fanous

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Nouns are person, place, animal or thing.
thing animal place person
ball dog park boy
flower cat house baby
kite frog zoo man
tree cow school woman
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Plural Rule 1

• Most words add s to make the plural.
• one apple two apples
• one tree two trees
• one book two books
• one pen two pens
• one chair two chairs

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Try these

• window?
• door ?
• cake ?
• banana ?
• shoe ?

windows

• pencil ?
• road ?
• flower ?
• girl ?
• plant ?

pencils
roads
doors
cakes
flowers
bananas
girls
plants
shoes
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Plural Rule 2

• Add es to words ending in ch, sh, s, x
  or o to make the plural.
• one box many boxes
• one brush many brushes
• one bus many buses
• one watch many watches
• one tomato many tomatoes

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Try these

• sandwich?
• bench?
• wax ?
• class ?
• gas ?

• glass ?
• dress ?
• bush ?
• fox ?
• potato?

sandwiches
glasses
benches
dresses
brushes
waxes
classes
foxes
gases
potatoes
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Plural Rule 3

• When the letter before a y is a consonant,
  change the y to an i before adding an es.
• one baby two babies
• one pony two ponies
• one family two families
• Note When the letter before a y is a vowel
  (a-e-i-o-u) we add just s.

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Try these

• boy?
• key?
• toy?
• monkey?
• day?

boys

• cherry?
• ferry ?
• army ?
• party ?
• fly ?

cherries
keys
ferries
toys
armies
monkeys
parties
days
flies
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Plural Rule 4

• When words end in f or fe change the f or
  fe to a v before adding es.
• one knife two knives
• leaf leaves
• wolf wolves
• shelf shelves

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Try these
wolves

• wolf ?
• elf ?
• loaf ?
• self ?
• calf ?
• shelf ?
• Exceptions ? cliffs, chiefs, roofs, dwarfs

elves
loaves
selves
calves
shelves
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Summary

• The easiest way to learn how to spell a word is
  to practise! Practise! Practise!
• Spelling rules are helpful but practice makes
  perfect.
• Once you learn how to spell a word you will not
  forget how to spell it as long as you practise!
  Practise! Practice!

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Video activity
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Plural Rules