Nouns

    Teacher Shakira
Nouns

• Words that are names
 •   People
 •   Places
 •   Animals
 •   Feelings
Singular or Plural Nouns

• Singular       • Plural
  • Only one       • Two or more
                   • Add S
    • One book       • Two books
    • A girl         • Many girls
    • An apple       • The apples
Singular or Plural (cont.)
• Plural                • One ax
  • When the noun         • Many axes
    ends in:            • A bench
                          • The benches
    • H, S, X, Z= +ES

    • consonant O=      • A hero
      +ES
                          • A lot of heroes
                        • One potato
                          • Two potatoes
Singular or Plural (cont.)
• Plural              • A fly
  • When the noun       • A couple of flies
    ends in:          • One baby
                        • Many babies
    • consonant Y=
      +IES

                      • One wife
    • F or FE= +VES
                        • The wives
                      • A wolf
                        • Two wolves
Singular or Plural (cont.)

Some nouns will   • Mouse=
 change their       • Two Mice
 spelling         • Man=
                    • Three Men
                  • Tooth=
                  • A lot of Teeth
                  • Goose=
                    • A flock of geese
Singular or Plural (cont.)

• Some nouns        • One sheep=
  don’t change at     • Many sheep
  all. They will    • A moose=
  stay the same.      • Two moose
                    • One fish=
                      • A group of fish
Let’s practice

• Choose the letter with the
  correct plural form of each
  word.
Butterfly


Butterflys

Butterflies

Butterflyes
Mouse


Mouse

Mouses

Mice
Potato


Potatos

Potato

Potatoes
Brush

Brushes

Brushs

Brushies
Elf

Elfs

Elves

Elfes
Family


Familys

Familyes

Families
Kangaroo


Kangarooes

Kangaroos

Kangaroies
Child


Childs

Children

Childes
Life

Lives

Lifes

Lifies
Foot


Feet

Foots

Footies
Boy


Boies

Boys

Boyes
Buffalo

Buffaloes

Buffaloves

Buffalos
Lunch


Lunch

Lunchs

Lunches
Sheep



Sheep

Sheeps

Sheepes
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Nouns Interactive