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Singular to Plural Nouns
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Singular to Plural Nouns
Objectives:
•To learn key spelling rules when changing nouns from singular to plural.
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Singular to Plural Nouns The easiest way to change singular to plural nouns
is to add an ‘s’. For example, car becomes cars, hat becomes hats
and computer becomes computers.
Change the following singular nouns into plural: Box ash hand church wasp bus
However, there are exceptions: If the noun ends in s, sh, ch or x then you
must add ‘es’
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Words that end in -y If a word ends in y with a vowel before it, just add –s.
If a word ends in y with a consonant before it, change the y to ies
city butterfly monkey donkey lady
day puppy toy pony Sunday
Can you change the following singular nouns into plurals?
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Words that end in -y If a word ends in y with a vowel before it, just add –s.
If a word ends in y with a consonant before it, change the y to ies
cities butterflies monkeys donkeys ladies
days puppies toys ponies Sundays
Can you change the following singular nouns into plurals?
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Words ending in f or fe For words ending in –f or –fe often we just add –s
But sometimes we change the –f and add –ves Words which end in –ff just add -s
Change these words into plurals (you can use a dictionary if you wish)
cliff wolf half knife life loaf shelf thief wife dwarf
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Words ending in f or fe For words ending in –f or –fe often we just add –s
But sometimes we change the –f and add –ves Words which end in –ff just add -s
Change these words into plurals (you can use a dictionary if you wish)
cliffs wolves halves knives lives loaves shelves thieves wives dwarves
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Words ending in -o For words ending in a vowel plus –o add –s For most other words ending in –o add –es
Turn the following words into plurals: • Tomato • Potato • Domino • Stereo • cuckoo • hero
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Words ending in -o For words ending in a vowel plus –o add –s For most other words ending in –o add –es
Turn the following words into plurals: • Tomatoes • Potatoes • Dominoes • Stereos • cuckoos • heroes
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Exceptions
• Radios • Volcanoes • Teeth • Mice • Pianos • Sheep • Children • Cacti
The following words are exceptions to the rules. The only thing you can do is learn them as they are.
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Plural Spellings 1
1. Knives 9. Dominoes 2. Potatoes 10. Tomatoes 3. Churches 4. Wolves 5. Hobbies 6. Pianos 7. Cities 8. Monkeys
Learn these spellings for a test next week.