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Plural Rules

Plural Rules. Singular Nouns. A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. A singular noun names only one person, place, thing, or idea. one boy one forest one apple one piece . Plural Nouns. A plural noun names two or more people, places, things, or ideas.

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Plural Rules

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  1. Plural Rules

  2. Singular Nouns A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. A singular noun names only one person, place, thing, or idea. • one boy • one forest • one apple • one piece

  3. Plural Nouns A plural noun names two or more people, places, things, or ideas. • some boys • six forests • two apples • many pieces What do you notice about each of the words in the plural list above?

  4. Practice Go to page 3 in your Weasel packet. Complete numbers 1 – 12.

  5. United Streaming Lesson 3: Singular and Plural Nouns, Regular and Irregular Nouns [03:46]

  6. Rule 1 To form the plural of most nouns you simply add an s to the end of the noun.

  7. Rule 2 If the noun ends in sh, ch, x, s, orzaddesto make it plural. • Notice that these words all end in a “hissing” sound.

  8. Practice Go to page 3 in your Weasel packet. Complete numbers 13 – 30. End Lesson 1

  9. Rule 3 If a noun ends in a consonant plus y, the y changes to ibefore es is added. Note: If the noun ends in a vowel plus y, just add s. What are the vowels? a e i o u All the other letters are consonants.

  10. So Play ends in a (vowel) and y therefore the plural form is plays. Monkeys ends in e (vowel) and y therefore the plural form is monkeys. Likewise Party ends in t (consonant) and y therefore the plural form is parties. Candy ends in d (consonant) and y therefore the plural form is candies.

  11. Practice Go to page 5 in your Weasel packet. Complete numbers 1 – 18.

  12. Rule 4 Most of the words that end with f, ff, or fe are made plural by changing the ending to -ves.

  13. There are exceptions that must be memorized or looked up.

  14. A few nouns ending in f or ff have two plural forms.

  15. Online Activity Practice with Rules 1, 4, & 2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/swf/y5_activity1.swf

  16. Practice Go to page 5 in your Weasel packet. Complete numbers 19 – 44. End Lesson 2

  17. Rule 5 Words that end in o are usually made plural by adding s.

  18. There are exceptions that must be memorized or looked up. .

  19. There are two helpful rules: • All words that end in a vowel plus o (ao, eo, io, oo, uo) have plurals that end in just s. • All musical terms ending in o have plural ending in just s.

  20. A few nouns ending in o have two plural forms.

  21. Online Activity Practice with Rules 3 and 5 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/activities_y5/activity2.shtml

  22. Practice Go to page 10 in your Weasel packet. Complete numbers 1 – 18.

  23. Rule 6 Some words are the same in both the singular and the plural forms.

  24. Practice Go to page 10 in your Weasel packet. Complete numbers 19 – 30. End Lesson 3

  25. Rule 7 Some words form their plural by changing the whole word. These are called irregular nouns. With irregular nouns, you have to memorize the plural form.

  26. Rule 8 Some nouns are called noncount nouns. You don't make noncount nouns plural.

  27. Practice Go to page 15 in your Weasel packet. Complete numbers 1 – 40. End Lesson 4

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