Plural nouns.

Plural Nouns:

Use a plural Noun when you are talking about two or more people, places or things.

Just add S to make the most nouns plural.

Singular                 Plural

A computer            Computers

 A chair                      Chairs
A taxi                         Taxis
A train                       Trains
A player                  Players
A teacher                 Teachers

A mountain            Mountains
A river                     Rivers
An envelope          Envelopes 
An insect                Insects
An oven                 Ovens
An uncle                Uncles

1- Nouns that ends in s,ss,ch,sh,x are made plural by adding Es.

Singular   Plural

Bus           Buses

Glass        Glasses

Dress         Dresses

Branch       Branches

Church       Churches

Beach       Beaches.

Sandwich    Sandwiches

Witch           Witches

Brush            Brushes

flash              Flashes

Box               Boxes

Fox              Foxes

2- Most nouns that end in Y  are made plural By changing the Y to I and adding ES.

Singular         Plural

Baby              Babies

Family           Families

Story               Stories

Teddy               Teddies

Fairy                 Fairies

Puppy                Puppies

Housefly           Houseflies

Library             Libraries

City                  Cities

Lily                   Lillies

Party                Parties

Dictionary        Dictionaries.

3- Nouns that has a vowel before the Y are made plural by simply adding S at the end.

Singular      Plural

Key              Keys

Monkey        Monkeys

Donkey          Donkeys

Toy                 Toys

Boy                 Boys

Cowboy       Cowboys

Day               Days

Tray              Trays

Runway     Runways

Chimmey   Chimmeys

Trolley       Trolleys

Valley        Valleys.

4-Many nouns that end in F are made plural by changing the F to V and adding Es.

Singular    Plural

Half          Halves

Leaf           Leaves

Shelf          Shelves

Wolf            Wolves

Thief            Thieves

*But some nouns That end ind F by simply adding S.

Singular     Plural

Chief            Chiefs

Roof              Roofs

Handkerchief      Handkerchiefs

Cliff                   Cliff

Puff                   Puffs

5-Some Nouns that end in F can be made Plural by two ways.

Singular           Plural

Scarf              Scarfs/scarves

Hoof               hoofs/ Hooves

Dwarf              Dwarfs/ Dwarves

Wharf              Wharfs/ Wharves

6-Most Nouns that ends FE are made plural by changing the F to V and adding S.

Singular    Plural

Wife          Wives

Life            Lives

Midwife    Midwives.

7-Most Nouns that ends in O are made plural by adding S.

Singular    Plural

Video         Videos

Hippo        Hippos

Zoo           Zoos

Kangaroo    Kangaroos

* But other nouns that end  in O are made plural by adding ES

Singular   Plural

Tomato      Tomatoes

Potato        Potatoes

Hero          Heroes

8-Some Nouns change spelling from the singular form to the plural:

Singular   Plural

Man          Men

Woman     Women

Child        Children

Person     People

Mouse      Mice

Tooth        Theeth

Foot          Feet

Goose       Geese

*Notes: Whats the plural of the kind of Mouse that you use with the computer the answer is:  Mouses, if you talk about the animal mouse the plural noun is Mice.

9-The plural form of some nouns is the same as the singular form:

Singular   Plural

Sheep      Sheep / Not sheeps

Deer         Deer/ Not deers

Aircraft     Aircraft/ Not Aircrafts

Salmon     Salmon / Not Salmon

*Notes: When we are talking about different  kinds of fish, the plural Noun can be fishes

For example:

*The various fishes of the indian ocean.

10- Some nouns are always plural:

Trousers  Glasses

Shorts     Spectacles

Jeans        Goggles

Pants          Scissors

Tights        Binoculars

Pajamas       Pliers

*Some Nouns are usually Plural:

Shoes

Sandals

Slippers

Boots

Chopsticks

Gloves

Clogs

Socks

*Notes:

You can use  A pair of with these plural  nouns:

For example:

A pair of Trousers

A pair of Pants

A pair of glasses

A pair of sandals

A pair of Gloves

Grammar:

Read the following passage. Write S in the line After each Singular Nouns and P in the line after a Plural Noun.

Our teacher--------is a very nice lady----------. Shes very kind to all the children---------in the class----------and she tell us very funny stories-----------.Yesterday, she told a story---------- about the animal----------on a farm---------. They all had a race------------.The pigs-------

----- and Sheeps-------- Ran faster than the ducks----------and Cows----------, But the heroes----------of the story------------were the mice----------. They were faster than all the other animals--------, Even though

they had the shortest legs---------!.

Grammar:

Put the plural nouns:

lady    ----------

Dress  -----------

Baby ----------

Hippo ----------

Monkey--------------

Box----------------

Watch----------------

Foot----------------

Kangaroo----------------

Man----------------

Woman--------------

wolf---------------------

Tomato---------------

Hero------------

Video----------

Zoo--------------

Potato-----------

Sheep-----------

Deer------------

Fish------------

Scarf-----------

Dictionary---------

Dress---------

Bus--------

Glass---------

Branch-------

Beach---------

Break of 10 minutes

*Q And A Session.

Great job today!

See you next class!

Teacher Pam :)