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Singular or Plural
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Noun is a word we use for people, objects and places.
banana dog Israel teacher
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When we have only one thing (or one noun).
What is singular? When we have only one thing (or one noun). One banana A teacher. A dog An elephant.
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When we have more than one thing (or one noun).
What is plural? When we have more than one thing (or one noun). Two bananas. Three teachers. Four dogs.
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In English only nouns can be changed from singular to plural.
Remember! In English only nouns can be changed from singular to plural. באנגלית, ניתן להפוך מיחיד לרבים שמות עצם בלבד.
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Spelling Rules So, we just need to add ‘s’ to the end of every noun to make it plural? No! No! No!
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How we change singular to plural?
Usually, we add ‘s’ to the noun. Two bananas. Three teachers. Four dogs.
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How we change singular to plural?
Sometimes we add ‘es’ to the noun. Three boxes. potatoes Some sandwiches.
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How we change singular to plural?
Sometimes we add ‘ies’ to the noun. cherries Many candies.
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How we change singular to plural?
And sometimes we add ‘ves'. wolves shelves
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brush brushes potato potatoes box boxes dress dresses torch torches es
The ‘es’ engine. es If the noun ends with o, x, z, s, ss, ch, sh we add ‘es’ brush brushes potato potatoes box boxes dress dresses torch torches
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fly flies baby babies lady ladies party parties ies The ‘ies’ engine.
If the noun ends with a consonant and ‘y’ we drop the ‘y’ and add ‘ies’ baby babies lady ladies party parties
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wolf wolves shelf shelves wife wives knife knives ves
The ‘ves’ engine. ves If the noun ends with ‘f’ or ‘fe’ we drop the ‘f’ or ‘fe’ and add ‘ves’ wolf wolves shelf shelves wife wives knife knives
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In all other cases we simply add ‘s’
The ‘s’ engine. s In all other cases we simply add ‘s’ apple apples girl girls boy boys bee bees dog dogs
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Irregular nouns engine.
child children Irregular nouns Some nouns behave differently person people man men woman women fish fish fruit fruit mouse mice
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Let’s practice A brown dog. Some brown ____. dogs explanation
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In all other cases we simply add ‘s’
The ‘s’ engine. s In all other cases we simply add ‘s’ apple apples girl girls boy boys bee bees dog dogs back
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Let’s practice A big box. Four big _____. boxes explanation
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brush brushes potato potatoes box boxes dress dresses torch torches es
The ‘es’ engine. es If the noun ends with o, x, z, s, ss, ch, sh we add ‘es’ brush brushes potato potatoes box boxes dress dresses torch torches back
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Let’s practice A red tomato. Five red _______. tomatoes explanation
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brush brushes potato potatoes box boxes dress dresses torch torches es
The ‘es’ engine. es If the noun ends with o, x, z, s, ss, ch, sh we add ‘es’ brush brushes potato potatoes box boxes dress dresses torch torches back
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Let’s practice One candy. Many ______. candies explanation
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fly flies baby babies lady ladies party parties ies The ‘ies’ engine.
If the noun ends with a consonant and ‘y’ we drop the ‘y’ and add ‘ies’ baby babies lady ladies party parties back
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Let’s practice A cute baby. Three cute _____. babies explanation
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fly flies baby babies lady ladies party parties ies The ‘ies’ engine.
If the noun ends with a consonant and ‘y’ we drop the ‘y’ and add ‘ies’ baby babies lady ladies party parties back
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One howling wolf. Two howling _____. wolves. Let’s practice
explanation
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wolf wolves shelf shelves wife wives knife knives ves
The ‘ves’ engine. ves If the noun ends with ‘f’ or ‘fe’ we drop the ‘f’ or ‘fe’ and add ‘ves’ wolf wolves shelf shelves wife wives knife knives back
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Let’s practice One child. Happy ______. children explanation
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Irregular nouns engine.
child children Irregular nouns Some nouns behave differently person people man men woman women fish fish fruit fruit back
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