singular is one! plural is many! rule 1: to make a singular word plural, in most cases “s” is...
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SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS,BUT WHAT IS SINGULAR AND WHAT IS PLURAL?
Singular is one!
Plural is many!
THE RULES
Rule 1: To make a singular word plural, in most cases “S” is added to the end of the word.
LION
Lions
MONKEY
Monkeys
ELEPHANT
Elephants
PANDA
Pandas
THE RULES
Rule 2: If the singular form of the word ends with “s, ss, x, zz, ch or sh” then add “ES” to the end of the word!
FOX
foxes
THE RULES
Rule 3: For words (nouns) ending in f or fe, we have to change f to v and add “ES”
WOLF
Wolves
THE RULES
Rule 4: A few words (nouns) are very strange and have the same singular and plural forms.
FISH
Fish
THE RULES
Rule 6: Sometimes it’s very hard to know what the rules are…...
In the next slide we are going to show you how.
THE RULES
Some nouns have different plural forms:
child – children woman – women man – men mouse – mice
Nouns ending in vowels like y or o are very confusing:
baby – babies toy – toys potato – potatoes stereo – stereos
NOW YOU TRY IT!
Cat
Dog
Snail
Horse
Rabbit