1. Singular & Plural Nouns
Chapter 2, Lesson 3

2. Objectives Students will: Write the plural form of nouns correctly.
Proofread for plural nouns.

3. Rules Singular Noun Example: Plural Noun
Names one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example:
The farmer drove to the market with the box.
Plural Noun
Names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
The farmers drove to the markets with the boxes.

4. Rules for forming plurals
Most singular nouns:
Add “s”
Street = streets
House = houses
Nouns ending in s, x, ch, or sh:
Add “es”
Dress = dresses
Ax = axes
Bench = benches
Dish = dishes
Nouns ending with a vowel and y:
Add “s”
Valley = valleys
Joy = joys
Nouns ending with a consonant and y:
Change the “y” to “i” and then add “es.”
City = cities
Cranberry = cranberries

5. What is the plural form of each noun?
ostrich
ostriches
fox
foxes
letter
letters
alley
alleys
boss
bosses
panda
pandas
porch
porches
family
families
holiday
holidays
glass
glasses

6. What is the plural form of each noun?
idea
ideas
month
months
toy
toys
ocean
oceans
party
parties
flute
flutes
marsh
marshes
basket
baskets
doctor
doctors
body
bodies

7. What is the plural form of each noun?
paper
papers
picture
pictures
ranch
ranches
library
libraries
business
businesses
birthday
birthdays
notebook
notebooks ax
axes
balcony
balconies
inch
inches

8. Find the eleven incorrect plural nouns
At the City Harbor Huge ocean lineres arrive. Tiny tugboats pull the giant shipes. Persones young and old sit on benches and watch. Ferrys sail in and out. Familys get on and off. Noisy seagulles swoop over the beachs. Tall cranes load boxes onto big vessels. Bosses direct the groupes of workers. The rayes of the sun fade. Flashs of light beam from the buoyes offshore.
liners
ships
Persons
Ferries
Families
seagulls
beaches
rays
groups
Flashes
buoys

9. Homework
WB pgs. 25 & 26