For 5th Grade

1. SINGULAR &
PLURAL FORM
OF NOUN

2. 1. MOST NOUNS
•Add –s
•Book - books
•Pen - pens

3. II. NOUNS ENDING IN
S, SH, CH, X, OR Z
•Add –es
•Dress – dresses
•Wish – wishes

4. III. NOUNS ENDING IN Y
WITH A VOWEL BEFORE Y
•Add –s
•Key – keys
•Boy - boys

5. IV. NOUNS ENDING IN Y
WITH A CONSONANT
BEFORE THE Y
•Change y to i and add -
es
•Baby – babies

6. V. MOST NOUNS
ENDING IN F OR FE
•Change f to v and add –es
•Life – lives
•Knife - knives

7. VI. SOME NOUNS THAT
END IN F OR FF
•Add –s
•Cliff – cliffs
•Chief – chiefs

8. VII. MOST NOUNS ENDING
IN O WITH A VOWEL
BEFORE THE O
•Add –s
•Trio – trios
•Stereo - stereos

9. VIII. SOME NOUNS ENDING IN
O WITH A CONSONANT
BEFORE THE O
•Add –es
•Tomato- tomatoes
•Zero-zeroes

10. IX. SOME NOUNS FORM THE
PLURAL BY A CHANGE IN
SPELLING.
•Ox – oxen
•goose – geese
•louse- lice
•Tooth – teeth
•man – men
•child –
children

11. X. SOME NOUNS HAVE THE
SAME SPELLING FOR BOTH
SINGULAR AND PLURAL
•Deer
•salmon
•moose
•swine
•Sheep
•Species
•trout
•corps

12. XI. SOME NOUNS ARE PLURAL IN
FORM BUT ARE ALWAYS CONSIDERED
SINGULAR IN MEANING
•Aeronautics
•Billiards
•Statistics
•Mathematic
s

13. XII. SOME NOUNS ARE ALWAYS
PLURAL IN FORM AND ARE
ONLY USED IN THE PLURAL.
•Ashes
•clippers
•jeans
•tongs