Singular and Plural Nouns

Unit One

Singular Nouns

• A noun that names one person, place, thing, or idea is a singular noun.

Singular Nouns

• For example:– Truck– Plant– Letter– Noise

Plural Nouns

• A noun that names more than one person, place, thing, or idea is a plural noun.

Plural Nouns

• For example:– Trucks– Plants– Letters– Noises

Singular to Plural

• In most cases, you can change a singular noun to a plural noun by adding s.

Singular to Plural

• For example:– Truckto Trucks– Letter to Letters– Plant to Plants– Noise to Noises

Singular to Plural

• If a noun ends in any of these you have to add an es instead.– s– ss– ch– sh– x– z

Singular to Plural

• For example:– Thomas to Thomases– Boss to Bosses– Porch to Porches– Bush to Bushes– Fox to Foxes– Waltz to Waltzes

Singular to Plural

• If a noun ends in an o, you will add either an es (most of the time) or an s (some of the time).

• For example:– Potato to Potatoes– Veto to Vetoes– Echo to Echoes– Solo to Solos

Singular to Plural

• If a noun ends in a consonant + y you change the y to i and add es.

• For example:– Baby to Babies– Party to Parties– Country to Countries

Singular to Plural

• If a noun ends in a vowel + y you just add s.

• For example:– Day to Days– Turkey to Turkeys

Singular to Plural

• If a noun ends in a f or an fe, you change f to v and add s or es.

• For example:– Life to Lives– Scarf to Scarves– Wolf to Wolves

Be careful!!

• Some nouns have the same spelling in the singular and the plural.

• For example:– Moose– Salmon– Deer

Be careful!!

• Some nouns change their spelling completely between the singular and the plural.

• For example:– Child/Children– Tooth/Teeth– Man/Men– Mouse/Mice– Goose/Geese