Regular and Irregular Nouns

1. English 3
Qtr 1 Week 4

4. Refers to one person, place, animal,
thing or event
Refers to two or more persons, places,
animals, things or events.

5. SINGULAR NOUN PLURAL NOUN

6. SINGULAR NOUN PLURAL NOUN

7. SINGULAR NOUN PLURAL NOUN

8. SINGULAR NOUN PLURAL NOUN

9. 1. The plural form of most nouns by adding –s
to singular noun

10. 2. Nouns that end in –ch, -x, -s, -sh, -z, or –s like
sound add –es in the end.
church - churches
box - boxes
gas - gases
bush - bushes
dress - dresses

11. 3. Most nouns end with a CONSONANT + O
also form their plurals by adding –es

12. 4. The plural of words that end with a
CONSONANT + y is spelled–ies.

13. 5. Most nouns end in –f or –fe are changed
to -ves form plural.

14. 1. Changing their vowels for the plural

15. 2. Adding a syllable for the plural

16. 3. Latin and Greek
have plural endings
that come from those
languages
criterion – criteria
fungus – fungi
datum – data
medium - media
4. Some nouns have
the same singular and
plural form.
aircraft- aircraft
deer – deer
fish- fish
sheep – sheep
species- species

17. 5. Some nouns have
only a plural form. It
can be used a pair of
before noun.
a pair of JEANS
a pair of SHORTS
a pair of PANTS
a pair of PAJAMAS
6. Words ending in –s
but are not plural
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