Plural Nouns Generalizations

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Singular and Plural Nouns

Notes On GeneralizationsFor Spelling/Forming

Plural Nouns.


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Singular vs. Plural

A singular nounnames one person,

place, thing, or idea. One cat, one store, one item

A plural nounnames two or more

persons, places, things, or ideas. wo cats, !our stores, !i!teen items


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Generalizations !or !orming plural

nouns"#. For most singular nouns, add s.

Singular Pluralteacher teachers

street streets

pencil pencils$oo% $oo%s

elephant elephants


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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"

&. For nouns ending with s, ', z, sh, or ch,add es.

Singular Plural

gas gases

wa' wa'es

waltz waltzes

dish dishes

church churches


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(. For nouns ending with a consonant and),change the )to iand add es. For nouns endingwith a vowel and ), add s.

Singular Plural

s%) s%ies

arm) armies

penn) pennies

$o) $o)s

alle) alle)s


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*. For some nouns ending with !or !e, add s. For others,change the !to vand add sor es. +ou will need tomemorize the spellings !or such words or loo% them upin a dictionar) to chec%.

Singular Plural

$elie! $elie!s

roo! roo!s

loa! loaves

li!e lives

%ni!e %nives


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hese are a little more tric%) . . .

-. For nouns that end with o, add sor es. +Again, )ouwould need to memorizethe spellings o! such words orloo% them up in a dictionaryto dou$lechec%.

0One tric% to remem$er" i! it has to do with sound +1music2,3ust add s.04'" cello. piano, radio

Singular Plural

cello cellos

piano pianos

radio radios

zoo zoos

potato / tomato potatoes / tomatoes


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Singular Plural

child children

!oot !eet

tooth teeth

mouse mice

man / woman men / women

5. Some nouns have irregular plural !orms. ouwill have to memorize the spelling !or irregularplurals.


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Singular Pluralsheep sheep

6hinese 6hinese

moose moose

grape!ruit grape!ruit

deer deer

salmon salmon

7. A !ew nouns have the same singular andplural !orms.


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8. A !ew nouns have onl) plural !orms.

Pluralscissors

3eans

savings

dues


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9. A !ew nouns that end with sloo% plural$ut are considered singular.

Singularmeasles

newseconomics

dues


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Singular Plural

$ill$oard $ill$oards

cup!ul cup!ulscampground campgrounds

maid o! honor maidso! honor

attorne)atlaw attorne)satlaw

step$rother step$rothers

Greatgrandma Greatgrandmas

One word

compound

nouns

Hyphenatedcompound

nouns

Separate

words


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##. ;etters, num$ers, s)m$ols, and words used aswords are made plural $) adding an apostrophe +s

A A>s

&- &->s

and and>s

? ?>s

A@6 ? #&( A@6>s ? #&(>s


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sing a Bictionar)"

Nouns that are made plural in other wa)s$esides 3ust adding sor escan $e loo%ed upin a dictionar) to chec% the correct spelling.

Sample Dictionary entries:

dictionar) +di%> she ner> e, n., pl.aries, a $oo% containingwords o! a language, usuall) arranged alpha$eticall),with their meanings, pronunciations, et)mologies, etc.

entr) +en> tre, n., pl.-tries. #. entrance. &. the act o!recording something in a $oo%, register, etc. (. theitem so recorded. *. a person or thing entered in acontest. -. a word, phrase, etc. listed alpha$eticall) in adictionar) or re!erence $oo%, usuall) with its de!inition ore'planation.


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Cultiple 6hoice

Dhich & words correctl) completethese sentencesE

De $ought a pair o! and some at the )ard sale.

A. s%i . . . dishes

@. s%is . . . dishs6. s%ies . . . dish

B. s%is . . . dishes


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De $ought a pair o!s%isandsomedishesat the )ard sale.


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Cultiple 6hoice

One o! her is stud)ing inthe wild.

A. ho$$)s . . . mon%e)es

@. ho$$)es . . . mon%ies

6. ho$$ies . . . mon%e)sB. ho$$)s. . . mon%ees


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One o! herho$$iesisstud)ingmon%e)sin the wild.

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A team o! pulled a wagon with three inside.

A. o' . . . woman

@. o'en . . . women

6. o'es . . . womenB. o'ens . . . womans

Cultiple 6hoice


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A team o!o'enpulled a wagonwith threewomeninside.


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Cultiple 6hoice

Near the campsite the) saw two and several .

A. deer . . . moose

@. deers . . . moose

6. deers . . . moosesB. deer . . . meese


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Near the campsite the) saw twodeerand severalmoose.


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Newspaper Nouns

se a newspaper or magazine article !or thisactivit)"

In the article, !ind at least &- singular nouns.6irclethem with a colored pencil.

On )our own paper, ma%e a chart. . . on thele!t side write 1Singular2 and write 1Plural2 on

the right side o! the chart.;ist the singular nouns )ou !ound in the articleon the le!t side o! the chart, then write thecorrect plural !orm o! each on the right side.


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Scoring Guide"ou should !ind at least &-singular nouns.4ach o! the plural nouns !ormed correctl) !romthese &- singular nouns is worth * points, !or a

total o! #::.

Opportunit) !or @ONS points"

For ever) - additional singular nouns )ou identi!),list, and !orm the plural o! correctl), )ou can earn onebonus point.0up to a ma'imum o! 5 bonus points+i.e. itta%es &- additional singular nouns correctl) made plural toearn all - $onus points0$ut )ou can do itHHH


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