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7. HAFTA SINGULAR and PLURAL NOUNS

SINGULAR and PLURAL NOUNS CONTENTS 7 -1 7 -2 7 -3 7 -4 7 -5 7 -6 7 -7 7 -8 7 -9 7 -10 7 -11 Singular and Plural Nouns: Definition Adding –s Adding –es Nouns ending in –y Nouns ending in –f or –fe The same form for singular and plural nouns Always plural Irregular nouns Practice Özet Faydalanılan ve önerilen kaynaklar

Singular vs. Plural A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea. • One cat, one store, one item A plural noun names two or more persons, places, things, or ideas. • Two cats, four stores, fifteen items

Shoe Leaf Ball A noun is a name of a person, place or thing. Car Story Clock Brush

Nouns can be more than one. Brushes Monkey s Doors Balloons Cups

Generalizations forming plural nouns: 1. For most singular nouns, add s. Singular teacher street pencil book elephant Plural teachers streets pencils books elephants

one button three buttons 8

SINGULAR PLURAL one button one banana one card one ant two buttons six bananas three cards four ants add -s 9

Adding s to make plurals. Singular Shoe Ball Car Plural Shoes Balls Cars Singular Plural Clocks Spoons Cups

PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S/-ES cats = cat/z/

PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S/-ES eats = eat/s/ taps = tap/s/ bikes = bike/s/ as in “bus”

PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S/-ES reads jars tolls paws = = read/z/ jar/z/ toll/z/ paw/z/ as in “buzz”

Generalizations forming plural nouns: 2. For nouns ending with s, x, z, sh, or ch, add es. Singular gas wax watch dish church Plural gases waxes watches dishes churches

Adding es to make plurals Singular Box Brush Glass Plural Boxes Brushes Glasses When nouns end with sh, ch, s, ss, o, or x we add es to make plurals.

Match singulars and plurals. Bunch Tomato Fox Bunches Tomatoes Foxes

SINGULAR PLURAL wish watch glass tax 17

SINGULAR PLURAL wish watch glass tax wishes watches glasses taxes -sh, -ch, -ss, -x add -es 18

SINGULAR tomato potato consonant + -o PLURAL tomatoes potatoes add -es 19

SINGULAR zoo radio vowel + -o PLURAL zoo s radio s add -s 20

RONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S/-ES wishes catches glasses sizes wages judges = = = wish/ әz/ catch/әz/ glass/әz/ size/әz/ wage/әz/ judge/әz/ /ә z/ adds a syllable –s/–es pronounced /ә z/

PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S/-ES wishes = wish/ әz/ catches = catches/ә z/ glasses = glass/әz/ sizes = size/әz/ wages = wage/әz/ judges = judge/ә z/ /әz/ adds a syllable -s/-es pronounced /ә z/ after –sh, –ch, –s, –z, –ge / –dge sounds

LET’S PRACTICE e /s/ cupcakes = cupcake__ a. /s/ b. /z/ c. / z/

LET’S PRACTICE e / z/ watches = watch___ a. /s/ b. /z/ c. / z/ e

LET’S PRACTICE e /z/ cars = car__ a. /s/ b. /z/ c. / z/

Generalizations forming plural nouns: 3. For nouns ending with a consonant and y, change the y to i and add es. For nouns ending with a vowel and y, add s. Singular sky army penny boy alley Plural skies armies pennies boys alleys

SINGULAR one baby consonant + -y PLURAL two babies y to i, add -es 27

SINGULAR PLURAL one baby two babies y one party six part ies y 28

SINGULAR one toy vowel + -y PLURAL six toys add -s 29

SINGULAR PLURAL one toy six toys one ray three rays 30

Adding ies to make plurals. Singular Plural Bunny Bunnies Pony Ponies Story Stories When nouns end with y we add ies to make plurals. If there is a vowel before the y then s is added. Monkey s

Toy Toys Boys Monkeys

Generalizations forming plural nouns: 4. For some nouns ending with f or fe, add s. For others, change the f to ves. Singular belief roof loaf life knife Plural beliefs roofs loaves lives knives

SINGULAR PLURAL one wife two wives -f or -fe f to v, add -es 34

SINGULAR PLURAL one wife two wi v fees one life v es two life 35

Generalizations forming plural nouns: 5. Some nouns have irregular plural forms. You will have to memorize the spelling for irregular plurals. Singular Plural children foot feet tooth teeth mouse mice man / woman men / women

SINGULAR (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f ) child foot man mouse tooth woman PLURAL children feet men mice teeth women 37

Singular Plural Children Man Men Tooth Teeth Singular Foot Woman Mouse Plural Feet Women Mice

Generalizations forming plural nouns: 6. A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms. Singular Plural sheep Chinese moose grapefruit deer salmon

Singular Sheep Plural Sheep Deer Salmon

Generalizations forming plural nouns: 7. A few nouns have only plural forms. Plural scissors jeans savings dues

Generalizations forming plural nouns: 8. A few nouns that end with s look plural but are considered singular. Singular measles news economics dues

Let’s Practice Tigers sometimes live in ____. zoos dish zoo thief tomato 43

Let’s Practice Tomatoes ____ are good in salads. dish zoo thief tomato 44

Let’s Practice Our new ______ dishes are orange, green, and blue. dish zoo thief tomato 45

Let’s Practice Those _______ thieves stole my jewelry. dish zoo thief tomato 46

Let’s Practise: Write Singular or Plural 1. computers 2. men 3. hand 4. fingers 5. women 6. man 7. cow 8. mice 9. feet 10. woman 11. people 12. fox 13. knives 14. home _______ _______ _______ _______

Answers 1. computers 2. potato 3. hand 4. fingers 5. women 6. man 7. cow 8. mice 9. feet 10. baby 11. people 12. fox 13. knives 14. home computer potatoes hands finger woman men cows mouse foot babies person foxes knife homes

Write singulars or plurals mice teeth bag brush foxes kid glass children donkey spider cow sheep ponies flower door lady

Write singulars or plurals. toys tail box hats pot dish baby windows fish chair lunch salmon cars can cake balloons

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