plurals

1. Plurals
Mr Greg’s English Cloud

2. The Goal
For the student to able to
define a singular and plural
noun, spelling them in the
correct form

3. Singular and Plural
SINGULAR NOUN: ONE PLURAL NOUN: MORE THAN
ONE

4. Plural Nouns
If the noun is not irregular ad does not in end in ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘z’, ‘ch’ or ‘sh’,
we add ‘s’ at the end to make it plural.
If the noun ends in ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘z’, ‘ch’ or ‘sh’, we add ‘es’ to make it plural.

5. Singular Nouns
Boy Girl Cat Dog

6. Singular Nouns
Boys Girls Cats Dogs

7. Convert the Singular Nouns
Elephant
Tiger
Pencil
Ball

8. Convert the Singular Nouns
Elephants
Tigers
Pencils
Balls

9. Singular Nouns ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘z’, ‘ch’ or ‘sh’
Pass Wax Buzz
Catch Wash

10. Plural Nouns ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘z’, ‘ch’ or ‘sh’
Passes Waxes Buzzes
Catches Washes

11. Convert the Singular Nouns
Toss
Tax
Fizz
Watch
Flush

12. Convert the Singular Nouns
Tosses
Taxes
Fizzes
Watches
Flushes

13. When do we add ‘es’ to
make a word plural?
• If the word ends in…
• S
• X
• Z
• Ch
• Sh