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Lesson 2: Singular and Plural Nouns
singular noun: names ONE person, place, thing, or idea.
tourist city street car
plural noun: names MORE THAN ONE person, place, thing, or idea
tourists cities streets cars

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Rules for Changing Singular to Plural
1 Add s to most nouns
ruin----> ruins
building---->buildings
2 Add es to a noun that ends in s, sh, ch, x, z
trench---->trenches
dish---->dishes
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Add s to most nouns that end in o
Add es to a few nouns that end in o
volcano---->volcanos
echo---->echoes
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For most nouns ending in a y, change the y to
an i and add es
When a vowel comes before the y, just add s
city---->cities
stairway---->stairways
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For most nouns ending in f or fe, change the f
to v and add es
Just add s to a few nouns that end in f or fe
shelf---->shelves
knife---->knives
chief---->chiefs
6 For some nouns, just keep the same spelling deer buffalo moose

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1. The (priest) of Egypt put the (body) of dead (king) in tombs.
2. (Egyptian) believed that a body had to be preserved in order to
have life after death.
3. For this reason, they prepared their dead to be (mummy).
4. At first, only dead (king) and (queen) were wrapped in cloth.
5. After many (century), ordinary people were also mummified.

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6. The (mummy) were buried with precious (object).
7. (Scientist) study mummies to learn about (disease).
8. They have found (rash) and (sore) caused by (parasite).
9. (Egyptian) with many (rich) often had short (life).
10. Perhaps the (story) about a mummy's curse got started because
(archeologist) were infected by ancient germs.

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