1. Singular & plural nouns

2. What is a singular noun? A plural noun?
Singular=one
Plural=more than one
Sounds easy, right?

3. How about in this examples?
students
backpacks
All student need to bring their backpack to school.
One of my classmate went to Japan at Christmas.
My mom hasn’t seen some of her high school friend for 20 year!
Every cars use gas.
classmates
friends
years
car

4. It’s not really that hard. Let’s look at some helpful guidelines

5. Singular Plural A, an (car) Some (cars), some of the (cars)
Every (car)
All (cars), all of the (cars)
No (car)
None of the (cars)
One (car)
One of the (cars)
Many (cars), many of the (cars)
2, 40, (cars)

6. Try this: fill in the blank with potato
potatoes
Some of the _______________
Many ________
One of my __________
Every ________
None of the ________________
Her _________
All _______
A ________
potatoes
potatoes
potato
potatoes
Trick: could be either one!
potatoes
potato

7. How do we spell plural nouns?

8. Singular & Plural Nouns
Word ending
How to make plural
Most letters (loop)
Add an s (loops)
s, ch, x, sh, z (punch)
Add es (punches)
Y (baby)
Change to ies (babies)
Ay, oy, ey (monkey)
Add s (monkeys)
f or fe (life)
Usually* change to ves (lives)
O (radio, zero)
io, eo= add s (radios)
Consonant + o= add es (zeroes)
If a music word or abbreviation, only s (solos)
Babies, buggies
Guys, rays
Leaves, calves, wives, knives, scarves, roofs

9. Singular & Plural Nouns
Weird ones
1 mouse, 2 mice
1 deer, 2 deer (same for sheep and moose)
1 child, 2 children
1 man, 2 men (woman/women)
1 person, 2 people
Radios, rodeos
Heroes, torpedoes, tomatoes, potatoes
Solos, pianos, altos, sopranos, piccolos

10. cats There were two _______ (cat) playing in the yard last night.
Practice!
There were two _______ (cat) playing in the yard last night.
cats

11. Practice!
We saw a ______ (movie) last night at the theater.
movie

12. Practice!
I checked out some _____ (book) from the library.
books

13. Practice!
All the ____ (video) on youtube are put up by real _____ (person) like you and me.
Videos, people

14. Practice!
Every _____ (party) has to have a kill-joy.
party

15. Practice!
______ (fox) cannot make very much noise.
Foxes

16. Practice!
One of the _____ (church) that I used to attend was very small.
churches

17. bosses None of my ____ (boss) at work are mean to me, which is good.
Practice!
None of my ____ (boss) at work are mean to me, which is good.
bosses