LET’S

COUNT!

LET’S

COUNT!

GENERAL RULE: NOUNS ADD -S

SINGULAR PLURAL

1 CAT 2 CATS

1 PENGUIN 5 PENGUINS

1 COW 8 COWS

1 SNAKE 20 SNAKES

1 DUCK 50 DUCKS

FOR NOUNS THAT END IN –CH, -X, -SH, -S, ADD -ES

SINGULAR PLURAL

1 LYNX 6 LYNXES

1 FOX 7 FOXES

1 WALRUS 9 WALRUSES

1 OSTRICH 70 OSTRICHES

1 FISH200 FISHES

(BABIES)

SOME NOUNS HAVE DIFFERENT PLURAL NAMES

SINGULAR PLURAL

1 OX 3 OXEN

1 MOUSE 30 MICE

1 OCTOPUS 40 OCTOPI (OR

OCTOPUSES)

1 GOOSE 300 GEESE

A FEW NOUNS HAVE THE SAME SINGULAR AND PLURAL NAMES

SINGULAR PLURAL

1 FISH 12 FISH

1 SHEEP 99 SHEEP

1 DEER 43 DEER

1 REINDEER 130 REINDEER

HOW MANY… ARE THERE?

THERE IS A DUCK/FOX/MOUSE=THERE IS ONE DUCK/HARE

THERE ARE THREE CATS

(SINGULAR)

(PLURAL)

HOW MANY HYENASARE THERE?

THERE ARE 3 HYENAS.

THERE IS ONEBUTTERFLY.

HOW MANY… ARE THERE?

HOW MANY BUTTERFLIESARE THERE?

HOW MANY DALMATIANS/DOGS ARE THERE?

THERE ARE 101 DALMATIANS / THERE ARE LOTS OF DOGS / THERE ARE MANY DOGS/DALMATIANS.

HOW MANY… ARE THERE?

THERE IS 1…

THERE ARE …

POSITIVE

HOW MANY… ARE THERE?

THERE ISN’T A…/THERE IS NO…

THERE AREN’T ANY…/THERE ARE NO…

NEGATIVE

THERE ISN’T A PENGUIN THERE IS NO JELLYFISH

THERE AREN’T ANY GOLDFISHTHERE ARE NO WHALES

IS THERE A…?

INTERROGATIVE

IS THERE A SURICATE?YES, THERE IS.

ARE THERE ANY…?

YES, THERE IS.

NO, THERE ISN’T.

NO, THERE AREN’T.

YES, THERE ARE.

IS THERE A GIRAFFE?NO, THERE ISN’T.

ARE THERE ANY TIGERS?NO, THERE AREN’T.

ARE THERE ANY ELEPHANTS?YES, THERE ARE.

HOW MANY… ARE THERE?

IS THERE A…?

ARE THERE ANY…?

HOW MANY… ARE THERE? IS THERE A…? ARE THERE ANY…?

HOW MANY… ARE THERE?

IS THERE A…? ARE THERE ANY…?