Nouns Singular and Plural fjc/2/10 Nouns Singular and Plural 1. Adding an -s
This means there is only one thing. A noun may be singular. This means there is only one thing. one pen one car one cat
This means there is more than one thing. A noun may be plural. This means there is more than one thing. lots of cats lots of pens lots of cars
Add an –s to each word to form the plural. pen s cat s car s
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a chair lots of chairs
a tree lots of trees
a bird lots of birds
lots of farmers a farmer
flowers a flower
a coat coats
teachers teacher
elephants boys rockets So for some nouns you add an –s to form the plural. elephants boys rockets
Plural means more than one. Remember Singular means one. Plural means more than one. fjcasey/2/10