1. Nouns Singular and Plural
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Nouns
Singular
and
Plural
1. Adding an -s

2. 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

3. 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

4. Add an –s to each word to form the plural.
pen s
cat s
car s

5. so

6. a chair
lots of chairs

7. a tree
lots of trees

8. a bird
lots of birds

9. lots of farmers
a farmer

10. flowers
a flower

11. a coat
coats

12. teachers
teacher

13. elephants boys rockets
So for some nouns you add an –s to form the plural.
elephants
boys
rockets

14. Plural means more than one.
Remember
Singular means one.
Plural means more than one.
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