Singular and Plural Nouns Unit One Singular Nouns

Singular and Plural Nouns Unit One

Singular Nouns • A noun that names one person, place, thing, or idea is a singular noun.

Singular Nouns • For example: – Truck – Plant – Letter – Noise

Plural Nouns • A noun that names more than one person, place, thing, or idea is a plural noun.

Plural Nouns • For example: – Trucks – Plants – Letters – Noises

Singular to Plural • In most cases, you can change a singular noun to a plural noun by adding s.

Singular to Plural • For example: – Truck to Trucks – Letter to Letters – Plant to Plants – Noise to Noises

Singular to Plural • If a noun ends in any of these you have to add an es instead. –s – ss – ch – sh –x –z

Singular to Plural • For example: – Thomas – Boss – Porch – Bush – Fox – Waltz to to to Thomases Bosses Porches Bushes Foxes Waltzes

Singular to Plural If a noun ends in an o, you will add either an es (most of the time) or an s (some of the time). For example: – Potato – Veto – Echo – Solo to to Potatoes Vetoes Echoes Solos

Singular to Plural • If a noun ends in a consonant + y you change the y to i and add es. • For example: – Baby – Party – Country to to to Babies Parties Countries

Singular to Plural • If a noun ends in a vowel + y you just add s. • For example: – Day – Turkey to to Days Turkeys

Singular to Plural • If a noun ends in a f or an fe, you change f to v and add s or es. • For example: – Life – Scarf – Wolf to to to Lives Scarves Wolves

Be careful!! • Some nouns have the same spelling in the singular and the plural. • For example: – Moose – Salmon – Deer

Be careful!! • Some nouns change their spelling completely between the singular and the plural. • For example: – – – Child/Children Tooth/Teeth Man/Men Mouse/Mice Goose/Geese