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Anna´s life.

Anna is an Italian student and she goes to the international School. There,
she meets other students. There are girls and boys. She has got two
special friends. They are Lucy and Carol. Lucy is Honduran and she speaks
Spanish; Carol is Spanish but she also speaks Spanish. Her friend
Lucy likes a boy; his name is Eric. He is from Greece.
Anna, Lucy and Carol play a lot after school. They play games,
but their favorite is to play soccer. Anna sometimes reads books
outside and she plays with leaves of her garden trees. In front of
her house there is a big bank, there are women and men working there.
She watches people in the street.
Anna is a happy child. Soon it is her birthday, she wants a green watch .
READING TIME
NOUNS

SINGULAR PLURAL
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

Rule #1 Examples:
The plural of nouns is usually formed cat- cats
by adding s to a singular noun. flower- flowers

Rule #2 Examples:
Nouns ending in s, z, x, sh, and ch dish- dishes
form the plural by adding es. box- boxes
class- classes
Rule #3 Examples:
Nouns ending in y preceded by a lady- ladies
consonant is formed into a plural by city- cities
changing y to ies. cherry- cherries
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

Rule #4 Examples:
Nouns ending in y preceded by a boy- boys
vowel form their plurals by adding s.day- days
toy- toys
Rule # 5 Examples:
Most nouns ending in o preceded by a tomato- tomatoes
consonant is formed into a plural by potato- potatoes
adding es. studio- studios
Most nouns ending in o preceded by a
vowel is formed into a plural by
adding s.
Rule #6 Examples:
Some nouns ending in f or fe are life-lives
made plural by changing f or fe to knife-knives
ves. leaf-leaves
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

Irregular plural nouns: The following nouns have no


-man- men singular:
-woman- women - scissors
-child- children - mumps
-foot- feet - trousers
-mouse- mice - snuffers
-goose- geese
Some nouns are always singular:
-gold
-silver
-corn
REVIEW
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SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS.

IRREGULAR
RULE #1
NOUNS

RULE #2 RULE #6

RULE #3 RULE #5
RULE #4
PRACTICE

Instructions: Write the plural of these nouns.


1 star 8 wish

2 chief 9 woman

3 hero 10 buffalo

4 play 11 child

5 paper 12 tomato

6 essay 13 mouse

7 wife 14 dress

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