lesson 11 “life under ice”. singular & plural nouns to form the plural form of most nouns,...
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Lesson 11“Life Under Ice”
Singular & Plural NounsTo form the plural form
of most nouns, add –s Girl/girls School/schools Elephant/Elephants
To form the plural form of nouns ending in s, ch, sh, or x, add –es Cross/Crosses Bench/Benches Bush/Bushes Box/Boxes
Singular & Plural Nouns Continued….
To form the plural of nouns ending in a consonant and y, change the y to an i and add –es. Family/Families Party/Parties Baby/Babies
Irregular Plural Nouns To form the plural of many nouns
ending in f or fe, change the f to a v and add –es. Loaf/Loaves Leaf/Leaves Wife/Wives Life/Lives
Some nouns follow no rules in the formation of their plurals. They are called
irregular plurals. O Child/ChildrenO Deer/DeerO Foot/FeetO Goose/GeeseO Louse/LiceO Man/MenO Moose/MooseO Mouse/MiceO Ox/OxenO Sheep/SheepO Woman/Women
Prefixes &
Suffixes
Storytown Vocabulary Thrive: A living thing that is growing in a
healthy manner is said to thrive.
O Illuminates: When something illuminates an object, it shines light on it to make it brighter or more visible.
BearableO Something that you can usually put
up with is bearable.
AbundantO When something is abundant, there
are large quantities of it.
PhenomenonO Something that you can observe that
exists in nature is called a phenomenon.
RefugeO A refuge is a place that provides
shelter and protection.