plural nouns generalizations
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Singular and Plural Nouns
Notes On GeneralizationsFor Spelling/Forming
Plural Nouns.
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Singular vs. Plural
A singular nounnames one person,
place, thing, or idea. One cat, one store, one item
A plural nounnames two or more
persons, places, things, or ideas. wo cats, !our stores, !i!teen items
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Generalizations !or !orming plural
nouns"#. For most singular nouns, add s.
Singular Pluralteacher teachers
street streets
pencil pencils$oo% $oo%s
elephant elephants
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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"
&. For nouns ending with s, ', z, sh, or ch,add es.
Singular Plural
gas gases
wa' wa'es
waltz waltzes
dish dishes
church churches
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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"
(. For nouns ending with a consonant and),change the )to iand add es. For nouns endingwith a vowel and ), add s.
Singular Plural
s%) s%ies
arm) armies
penn) pennies
$o) $o)s
alle) alle)s
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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"
*. For some nouns ending with !or !e, add s. For others,change the !to vand add sor es. +ou will need tomemorize the spellings !or such words or loo% them upin a dictionar) to chec%.
Singular Plural
$elie! $elie!s
roo! roo!s
loa! loaves
li!e lives
%ni!e %nives
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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"
hese are a little more tric%) . . .
-. For nouns that end with o, add sor es. +Again, )ouwould need to memorizethe spellings o! such words orloo% them up in a dictionaryto dou$lechec%.
0One tric% to remem$er" i! it has to do with sound +1music2,3ust add s.04'" cello. piano, radio
Singular Plural
cello cellos
piano pianos
radio radios
zoo zoos
potato / tomato potatoes / tomatoes
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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"
Singular Plural
child children
!oot !eet
tooth teeth
mouse mice
man / woman men / women
5. Some nouns have irregular plural !orms. ouwill have to memorize the spelling !or irregularplurals.
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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"
Singular Pluralsheep sheep
6hinese 6hinese
moose moose
grape!ruit grape!ruit
deer deer
salmon salmon
7. A !ew nouns have the same singular andplural !orms.
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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"
8. A !ew nouns have onl) plural !orms.
Pluralscissors
3eans
savings
dues
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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"
9. A !ew nouns that end with sloo% plural$ut are considered singular.
Singularmeasles
newseconomics
dues
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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"
Singular Plural
$ill$oard $ill$oards
cup!ul cup!ulscampground campgrounds
maid o! honor maidso! honor
attorne)atlaw attorne)satlaw
step$rother step$rothers
Greatgrandma Greatgrandmas
One word
compound
nouns
Hyphenatedcompound
nouns
Separate
words
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Generalizations !or !orming pluralnouns"
##. ;etters, num$ers, s)m$ols, and words used aswords are made plural $) adding an apostrophe +s
A A>s
&- &->s
and and>s
? ?>s
A@6 ? #&( A@6>s ? #&(>s
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sing a Bictionar)"
Nouns that are made plural in other wa)s$esides 3ust adding sor escan $e loo%ed upin a dictionar) to chec% the correct spelling.
Sample Dictionary entries:
dictionar) +di%> she ner> e, n., pl.aries, a $oo% containingwords o! a language, usuall) arranged alpha$eticall),with their meanings, pronunciations, et)mologies, etc.
entr) +en> tre, n., pl.-tries. #. entrance. &. the act o!recording something in a $oo%, register, etc. (. theitem so recorded. *. a person or thing entered in acontest. -. a word, phrase, etc. listed alpha$eticall) in adictionar) or re!erence $oo%, usuall) with its de!inition ore'planation.
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Cultiple 6hoice
Dhich & words correctl) completethese sentencesE
De $ought a pair o! and some at the )ard sale.
A. s%i . . . dishes
@. s%is . . . dishs6. s%ies . . . dish
B. s%is . . . dishes
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De $ought a pair o!s%isandsomedishesat the )ard sale.
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Cultiple 6hoice
One o! her is stud)ing inthe wild.
A. ho$$)s . . . mon%e)es
@. ho$$)es . . . mon%ies
6. ho$$ies . . . mon%e)sB. ho$$)s. . . mon%ees
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One o! herho$$iesisstud)ingmon%e)sin the wild.
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A team o! pulled a wagon with three inside.
A. o' . . . woman
@. o'en . . . women
6. o'es . . . womenB. o'ens . . . womans
Cultiple 6hoice
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6O46H
A team o!o'enpulled a wagonwith threewomeninside.
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Cultiple 6hoice
Near the campsite the) saw two and several .
A. deer . . . moose
@. deers . . . moose
6. deers . . . moosesB. deer . . . meese
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6O46H
Near the campsite the) saw twodeerand severalmoose.
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Newspaper Nouns
se a newspaper or magazine article !or thisactivit)"
In the article, !ind at least &- singular nouns.6irclethem with a colored pencil.
On )our own paper, ma%e a chart. . . on thele!t side write 1Singular2 and write 1Plural2 on
the right side o! the chart.;ist the singular nouns )ou !ound in the articleon the le!t side o! the chart, then write thecorrect plural !orm o! each on the right side.
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Scoring Guide"ou should !ind at least &-singular nouns.4ach o! the plural nouns !ormed correctl) !romthese &- singular nouns is worth * points, !or a
total o! #::.
Opportunit) !or @ONS points"
For ever) - additional singular nouns )ou identi!),list, and !orm the plural o! correctl), )ou can earn onebonus point.0up to a ma'imum o! 5 bonus points+i.e. itta%es &- additional singular nouns correctl) made plural toearn all - $onus points0$ut )ou can do itHHH
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