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Tips and Tricks for Making Nouns Plural
Plural Nouns Tips and Tricks for Making Nouns Plural Copyright ©2015 Hannah Buckingham. All Rights Reserved.
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Can you think of the most common ways that we make nouns plural?
What is a plural noun? Plural means more than one A noun’s spelling usually changes when we turn it into a plural Can you think of the most common ways that we make nouns plural? We add s or es!
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Add S Most words can be made plural by simply adding s on the end of the word. Cat Cats Computer Computers Ski Skis Try These! Door Apple Monkey Doors Apples Monkeys
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Add ES Try These! Other words need es added onto the end of them
These words usually end in -ch, -x, -s, or s-like sounds Box Boxes Kiss Kisses Witch Witches Try These! Fox Bus Foxes Buses
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What is an irregular plural noun?
Irregular plural nouns become plural by changing their spelling other than “s” or “es”. ies ves Or a different spelling change But Wait! To really confuse us, some words stay exactly the same!
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Y to ies When words end in a consonant + y, we drop the y and add ies
However, if the word ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) + y, we just add an s (like monkeys or keys) Penny Pennies City Cities Try These! Sky Baby Skies Babies
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F or fe to ves Words that end in f or fe need to be changed to ves Drop the f or fe, replace it with a v, then add es Wolf Wolves Scarf Scarves Try These! Half Elf Halves Elves
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Do you know the plural form of these words?
Change the Whole Word Other times, words have to be changed completely to become plural! No rules – they just take practice to remember Woman Women Goose Geese Foot Feet Do you know the plural form of these words? Mouse Child Mice Children
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Stay the Same Some words stay the exact same when they become plural!
Sheep Sheep Fish Fish Deer Deer Moose Moose Scissors Scissors
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Ex: “The dogs were barking” means more than one dog was barking
Reminder! Adding ‘s DOES NOT make a word plural! ‘s shows possession – meaning something belongs to someone For example, “Jacob’s computer” tells who the computer belongs to (Jacob)…this doesn’t mean that there is more than one Jacob Ex: “The dogs were barking” means more than one dog was barking Ex: “The dog’s bed was destroyed” means that the bed belongs to the dog
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Summary Plural means more than one Usually, we can just add s or es
When words end in a consonant + y, we drop the y and add ies When words end in f or fe, drop the f or fe and add ves Some words don’t have a rule – they just change completely! On rare occasions, words stay the EXACT SAME!
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