1. Singular and Plural Nouns
By: Mrs. S. Irizarry

2. A noun that names one person, place, thing, or idea is a singular noun
A noun that names one person, place, thing, or idea is a singular noun. A noun that names more than one person, place, thing, or idea is a plural noun. In most cases, you can change a singular noun to plural by adding –s.
Singular:
truck
plant
letter
noise
Jane
Plural:
trucks
plants
letters
noises
Janes

3. Many nouns do not become plural according to the regular rules.
Forming Plurals:
Singular Ending
Plural Form
Example s ss ch sh X Z
Add –es.
Thomas-Thomases
boss- bosses
porch-porches
bush- bushes
fox- foxes
waltz- waltzes
Consonant + o
(Some add only –s.)
potato- potatoes
veto- vetoes
echo- echoes
eskimo- eskimos
solo- solos
piano- pianos
cello- cellos

4. Singular Ending
Plural Form
Example
Vowel + o
Add –s.
radio- radios
studio- studios
Consonant + y
Change y to I and add –es.
baby- babies
party- parties
country- countries
Vowel + y
day- days
turkey- turkeys
F or fe
Sometimes change f to v and add –s or –es.
life- lives
half- halves
wolf- wolves
roof- roofs
chef- chefs

5. Some nouns have the same spelling in the singular and plural form.
moose- moose salmon- salmon fish- fish
Other nouns are spelled differently in the plural form.
child- children woman- women tooth- teeth
man – men goose- geese mouse- mice

6. “Try It Out”: Circle the correct plural form.
The new (puppies, puppys) have sharp (tooths, teeth).
The gardener weeded the berry (patchs, patches) and planted (tomatos, tomatoes).
Loggers use (axes, axs) to cut (treeses, trees).
The (moose, mooses) heard the (echos, echoes) of (wolves, wolfs).
There are four (Bess, Besses) in the (classs, classes).

7. What is the plural form of each noun?
6. apple 14. Ross 7. policy 15. waltz 8. hero 9. watch 10. wife 11. dress 12. studio 13. donkey