This document provides information about nouns in English, including count and noncount nouns. It discusses how count nouns can be made plural by adding "s", "es", or changing the spelling, depending on the noun's spelling. Exceptions are provided. Noncount nouns are defined as nouns that cannot be counted, and examples are given such as types of liquids, small items, abstract concepts and fields of study. The document concludes with instructions on making count nouns plural.

1. nouns
T o l e a r n mo r e a b o u t n o u n s , c l i c k o n t h e
b u t t o n s o n t h e n e x t p a g e .
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3. Nouns
A noun is
a place,
a thing,
or an idea.
a person,

4. Count and noncount nouns
There are two kinds of nouns in English.
Count Nouns
are nouns that you can count.
one chair two chairs
Noncount Nouns
are nouns that you cannot count.
water money

5. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
one pig two pigs
For nouns that end with a consonant, add s.

6. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
one bee two bees
For most nouns that end with a vowel, add s.
(Nouns that end in o are exceptions. See the next
two slides.)

7. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
one piano two
pianos
For most nouns that end in o, add s.
(See the next slide for exceptions.)

8. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
one potato a lot of potatoes
For some nouns that end in o, add es. If you are
not sure, check a dictionary.

9. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
one first lady five first ladies
For nouns that end in a consonant and y, the y
becomes ies.

10. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
one monkey two monkeys
For nouns that end with a vowel and y, add s.

11. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
one knife three knives
For nouns that end in fe, change the fe to v
and add s.

12. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
one dress three dresses
For nouns that end in sh, ch, x, s, z, add es.

13. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
one sheep two sheep
Some plural forms are the same as the singular
form.

14. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
scissors
glasses
shorts
Some words have no singular form.
To count these nouns, you need to use a pair
of, two pairs of, etc.

15. Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
Some nouns have an
irregular plural.
mouse tooth
mice
teeth
foot
feet

16. Practice Write the plural noun.
1.
2. 3.
toys babies kangaroos
men foxes
4.
5.
6.
jeans

17. Noncount nouns
There are a lot of different kinds of noncount nouns. Below
are some examples.
Types of Noncount
Nouns
Examples
No Distinct Parts milk coffee water
Parts That Are Small rice sugar grass
Categories mail furniture money
Abstractions love advice education
Sports/Recreation soccer chess baseball
Fields of Study grammar music law
Medical Conditions arthritis cancer flu
Note – Noncount nouns take singular verbs.
Grammar is useful.

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