Lesson 11 “Life Under Ice”
Singular & Plural Nouns To form the plural form of most nouns, add –s Girl/girls School/schools Elephant/Elephants To form the plural form of nouns ending in s, ch, sh, or x, add –es Cross/Crosses Bench/Benches Bush/Bushes Box/Boxes
Singular & Plural Nouns Continued…. To form the plural of nouns ending in a consonant and y, change the y to an i and add –es. Family/Families Party/Parties Baby/Babies Irregular Plural Nouns To form the plural of many nouns ending in f or fe, change the f to a v and add –es. Loaf/Loaves Leaf/Leaves Wife/Wives Life/Lives
Some nouns follow no rules in the formation of their plurals. They are called irregular plurals. O Child/Children O Deer/Deer O Foot/Feet O Goose/Geese O Louse/Lice O Man/Men O Moose/Moose O Mouse/Mice O Ox/Oxen O Sheep/Sheep O Woman/Women
Prefixes & Suffixes
Storytown Vocabulary Thrive: A living thing that is growing in a healthy manner is said to thrive.
O Illuminates: When something illuminates an object, it shines light on it to make it brighter or more visible.
Bearable O Something that you can usually put up with is bearable.
Abundant O When something is abundant, there are large quantities of it.
Phenomenon O Something that you can observe that exists in nature is called a phenomenon.
Refuge O A refuge is a place that provides shelter and protection.