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