SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS Kathy Rodríguez. Singular vs. Plural A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea. One cat, one store, one item A.

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SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS Kathy Rodríguez

Singular vs. Plural A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea. One cat, one store, one item A plural noun names two or more places, things, or ideas. Two cats, four stores, fifteen items

Generalizations for forming plural nouns: 1.For most singular nouns, add s. SingularPlural teacherteachers streetstreets pencilpencils CatCats elephantelephants

PENPENS |

DOG DOGS

BOOK BOOKS

2. For nouns ending with s, x, z, sh, or ch, add es. SingularPlural gasgases waxwaxes busbus es dishdishes churchchurches

GLASS GLASSES

WATCH WATCHES

FOX FOXES

3.For nouns ending with a consonant + y, change the y to i and add es. For nouns ending with a vowel+y, add s. SingularPlural skyskyskies armyarmies pennypennies boyboyboys keykeykeys

BUTTERFLY BUTTERFLIES

KEY KEYS

4. For nouns that end with o, add s or es. (Again, you would need to memorize the spellings of such words or look them up in a dictionary to double-check.) One trick to remember: if it has to do with sound (“music”), just add s.—Ex: cello. piano, radio SingularPlural pianopianos radioradios photophotos potato / tomatopotatoes / tomatoes

MANGO MANGOES

CASINO CASINOS

SingularPlural childChildren footfeet toothteeth mousemice man / womanmen / women 5. Some nouns have irregular plural forms. You will have to memorize the spelling for irregular plurals.

SingularPlural sheep Chinese grapefruit deer salmon 6. A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.

Multiple Choice One of her (HOBBY) is studying (MONKEY) in the wild. A. A. hobbys... monkeyes B. B. hobbyes... monkies C. C. hobbies... monkeys D. D. hobbys... monkees

One of her _hobbies_ is studying _monkeys_ in the wild. CORRECT!

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