1. Plural and Singular Nouns

2. Plural Nouns  A plural form of a noun names more than one.  2+

3. Plural is more than one.

4. Singular Nouns  A singular noun is a noun that names only 1 noun.  1

5. Single means 1

6. On your whiteboards, make a t- chart for Singular and Plural Nouns. Place each noun in the correct colomn with your partner. Hold up your boards when you are finished.

7. Words for your T-chart  Houses  Baby  Church  Tables  Books  Bus

8. Write P if the noun below is plural. Write S if the noun below is singular. 1. Houses P 2. baby S 3. church S 4. tables P 5. books P 6. bus S

9. Rule  True or False:  To turn a singular noun into a plural noun, you add an S to the end.

10. TRUE!!!!  Except…… we forgot. English can be CRAZY! Most of the time we can add an S to the end of a noun to make it plural, but sometimes there are exceptions like these:

11. Add es to make nouns plural that end with:  s busesbuses  x taxestaxes  ch benchesbenches  sh dishesdishes

12. Add ies to make nouns plural that end with a consonant and a y:  lady ladiesladies  fry friesfries

13. Some nouns that end in f or fe change to ves when made plural:  calf calvescalves  knife knivesknives

14. Some nouns that end in o change to es when made plural. Some change to s:  kangaroo kangarooskangaroos  potato potatoespotatoes

15. Some nouns do not change at all when made plural:  sheep sheepsheep  deer deerdeer

16. Some nouns become a new word when made plural:  man menmen  goose geesegeese

17. Can you make these nouns plural? 1. half 2. foot 3. piano 4. spy 5. brush

18. Can you make these nouns plural? 1. halves 2. feet 3. pianos 4. spies 5. brushes

19. Can you make these nouns plural? 1. mouse 2. memo 3. shelf 4. leaf 5. child

20. Can you make these nouns plural? 1. mice 2. memos 3. shelves 4. leaves 5. children

21. Can you make these nouns plural? 1. thief 2. woman 3. fish 4. photo 5. die

22. EXIT SLIP On a square sheet, can you turn these plural nouns into singular nouns? 1. thieves 2. women 3. fish 4. photos 5. dice