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Grammar Irregular Plural Nouns

Irregular Plural Nouns The children made a time machine. The word children is a plural noun. Because it does not form its plural by adding –s, -es, or –ies, it is called an irregular plural noun.

Irregular Plural Nouns A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing. Most nouns add –s to form the plural. An irregular plural noun has a special form for the plural. Singular Nouns: The child learned about the life of the woman. Irregular Plural Nouns: The children learned about the lives of the women.

Irregular Plural Nouns Some nouns and their irregular plural forms: calf/calves child/children deer/deer foot/feet goose/geese life/lives man/ men moose/moose mouse/mice sheep/sheep shelf/shelves woman/women

Irregular Plural Nouns Is the underlined noun singular or plural? The children made a time machine. plural They built it from things they found on shelves in the kitchen. One woman asked them to take her back to Germany singular

Irregular Plural Nouns Is the underlined noun singular or plural? Grace learned about the lives of Nana and Mrs. Myerson. plural Nana could put no weight on her broken foot. singular

Irregular Plural Nouns What is the plural form of each underlined singular noun? Long ago Great-Grandpa lived on a dairy farm with cow and calf. cows, calves Other farmers nearby kept sheep and goose. sheep, geese

Irregular Plural Nouns What is the plural form of each underlined singular noun? They all had cat to kill the mouse in their barn. cats, mice, barns The woods around them were full of moose and deer. moose, deer

Irregular Plural Nouns What is the plural form of each underlined singular noun? Many of the man on the farm moved to the city to find job. men, farms, jobs