Singular Plural Nouns Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Objectives

Singular & Plural Nouns Chapter 2, Lesson 3

Objectives Students will: Write the plural form of nouns correctly. Proofread for plural nouns.

Rules Singular Noun Names one person, place, thing, or idea. Example: The farmer drove to the market with the box. Plural Noun Names more than one person, place, thing, or idea. Example: The farmers drove to the markets with the boxes.

Rules forming plurals 1. Most singular nouns: Add “s” Street = streets House = houses 3. Nouns ending with a vowel and y: 2. Nouns ending in s, x, ch, or sh: Add “es” Dress = dresses Ax = axes Bench = benches Dish = dishes Add “s” Valley = valleys Joy = joys 4. Nouns ending with a consonant and y: Change the “y” to “i” and then add “es. ” City = cities Cranberry = cranberries

What is the plural form of each noun? ostriches foxes letters alleys bosses pandas porches family families holidays glasses

What is the plural form of each noun? ideas months toys oceans party parties flutes marshes baskets doctors body bodies

What is the plural form of each noun? papers pictures ranches library libraries businesses birthdays notebooks axes balcony balconies inches

Find the eleven incorrect plural nouns At the City Harbor liners Huge ocean lineres arrive. Tiny tugboats pull the giant ships Persons shipes. Persones young and old sit on benches and watch. Ferries Families seagulls Ferrys sail in and out. Familys get on and off. Noisy seagulles beaches swoop over the beachs. Tall cranes load boxes onto big vessels. rays groups Bosses direct the groupes of workers. The rayes of the sun fade. Flashes buoys Flashs of light beam from the buoyes offshore.

Homework WB pgs. 25 & 26