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- 2. Nouns can besingular or plural. When you are talking about one person, animal, place, or thing, use a singular noun. a ship a woman a flower a train an owl
- 3. These are alsosingular nouns: an airplane a bicycle a boy a bus a comb a girl a key a letter a map a photographer a refrigerator a slide a swing a van
- 4. ➢Use a oran before singular nouns. Use an before words beginning with vowels (a, e, i, o, u). For example, say: an axe an egg an envelope an ice cream an igloo an orange an umbrella an uncle ➢But some words don’t follow this rule. For example, use a (not an) before these words that begin with u: a uniform a university
- 5. ➢Use a beforewords beginning with the other letters of the alphabet, called consonants. For example, say: a basket a car a hill a house a jar a rainbow a monster a pillow a watch a zoo ➢But some words don’t follow this rule. For example, use an (not a) before these words that begin with h: an heir an honor an hour
- 6. 1. When youare talking about 2 or more people, animals, places, or things, use plural nouns. Most nouns are made plural by adding –s at the end. bat bats star stars mug mugs fan fans cap caps
- 7. Singular Plural SingularPlural bird birds fork forks broom brooms game games camel camels lamb lambs desk desks nest nests doll dolls pen pens egg eggs photo photos flower flowers shirt shirts
- 8. 2. Some pluralnouns end in –es. When the last letter of singular nouns are ch, sh, s, ss or x, you usually add –es to form the plural. watches bus buses fox foxes watch brush brushes glasses glass
- 9. Singular Plural beach beaches branchbranches box boxes church churches dish dishes dress dresses gas gases sandwich sandwiches witch witches
- 10. 3. Some pluralnouns endin –ies. Nouns like these are made plural by changing y to i, and adding -es. candies candy butterfly canaries canary lilies butterflies lily
- 11. Singular Plural baby babies cherrycherries diary diaries dictionary dictionaries fairy fairies family families fly flies lady ladies library libraries puppy puppies story stories strawberry strawberries
- 12. If there isa vowel before the y, add –s to form the plural. keys key tray trays turkeys turkey
- 13. Singular Plural chimney chimneys cowboycowboys day days donkey donkeys jersey jerseys kidney kidneys monkey monkeys toy toys trolley trolleys valley valleys
- 14. If a nounends in –f, you often change f to v, and add –es. Some nouns that end in –f, just need –s to form the plural. Singular Plural Singular Plural calf calves loaf loaves elf elves shelf shelves half halves thief thieves leaf leaves wolf wolves Singular Plural Singular Plural chef chefs handkerchief handkerchiefs chief chiefs roof roofs cliff cliffs sheriff sheriffs
- 15. For some wordsthat end in –f, the plural can be spelled in two different ways. With some words that end in –fe, you change f to v, and add –s. But you only add –s to giraffe to form the plural. Singular Plural dwarf dwarfs or dwarves hoof hoofs or hooves scarf scarfs or scarves Singular Plural knife knives life lives wife wives
- 16. If a nounends in –o, you just add –s to form the plural. Singular Plural a hippo hippos a video videos a zoo zoos a rhino a kangaroo kangaroos rhinos
- 17. But with somenouns that end in –o, you add -es to form the plural. With some nouns that end in –o, you can add either –s or –es to form the plural. Singular Plural a tomato tomatoes a potato potatoes a hero heroes Singular Plural a mango mangoes mangos a mosquito mosquitoes mosquitos a zero zeroes zeros a buffalo buffaloes buffalos flamingo flamingoes
- 18. Some plural nounsdon’t follow the –s rule. They don’t end in –s, -es, -ies or –ves. Instead, the word changes form. Singular child man ox tooth woman Plural children men oxen teeth women foot feet mouse mice goose The plural of the mouse that you use with your computer is either mice or mouses. geese
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- 30. • Irregular nounsare nouns that form their plural by changing its spelling.
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- 32. 1. Some nounshave identical singular and plural form Examples: Deer moose salmon Series fish sheep Aircraft barracks offspring
- 33. 2. Some nounsform their plural by simply changing the vowel of the singular word
- 34. Man-men Woman -women Child-children Person-people Teeth-tooth Goose-geese Louse-lice Mouse-mice Foot-feet Examples:
- 35. 3. Nouns endingin –is changes by becoming –es examples: Axis - Axes Genesis - Geneses Nemesis - Nemeses Crisis - Crises Synopsis - Synopses Thesis - Theses
- 36. 4. Nouns endingin –um changes by becoming –a examples: Datum - Data Forum - Fora Ovum - Ova Phylum - Phyla Medium- Media Erratum - Errata
- 37. 5. Nouns endingin –us changes by becoming –i examples: Cactus - Cacti Fungus - Fungi Radius - Radii Octopus - Octupi