LUX MUNDI ACADEMY

35 P. Reyes St. Paco, Obando Bulacan

ENGLISH 5
SELF – HELP ACTIVITY SHEET

Lesson 1: Nouns (Proper and Common Nouns)

Discussion:
 A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, or thing.
 A Common Noun refers to any person, animal place or thing. A common noun does
begin with a capital letter.
 A Proper Noun refers to specific person group of people, animal, place or thing. A
proper noun begins with a capital letter.

Study the encircled words in each sentence.

1. Young worker bees clean the hive and collect pollens.

2. According to Dr. Leo Lirio, honey is not a sugar.

3. Jonathan, the son of Mr. Miguel Vios believed that honey restored his

lost strength.

4. Athletes eat honey to enhance their performance.

5. In a study conducted by Penn State University, honey was discovered

to be better at alleviating cough that over-the-counter drugs

All the encircle words are nouns.

Proper Noun Common Noun

Dr. Leo Lirio bees strengthson

Jonathan hive athletes performance

Mr. Miguel Vios pollens drug cough

Penn University honey

Reference: English and Beyond 5

Activity:

I. Write a proper noun for each of the following common nouns indicated below.
1. lake ________________________________________
2. holiday ______________________________________
3. newspaper ___________________________________
4. bridge ______________________________________
5. boxer _______________________________________
6. song _______________________________________
7. magazine ___________________________________
8. TV Program ______________________________________
9. Actress _________________________________________
10. President _______________________________________

II. Complete the sentences using the proper nouns instead of the common nouns.
1. ______________________________ sailed across the ____________________
(a person) an ocean)
last ____________________.
(a month)

2. When ______________________ reached the top of _____________________,

(a man) (a mountain)
he planted a flag to mark his achievement.

3. My cousin, _________________ visits her Aunt ___________________ in

(a girl) (a woman)
______________.
(a country)

4. ___________________________ is the funniest movie I have ever seen.

(a movie)

5. _________________________ is located in _____________________.

(a mall) (a city)

LUX MUNDI ACADEMY

35 P. Reyes St. Paco, Obando Bulacan
 ENGLISH 5
SELF – HELP ACTIVITY SHEET

Lesson 1: Plural Nouns – Regular and Irregular

Discussion:
 Single nouns name one person, animal, place, or thing.
 Plural nouns name more than one person, animal, place or thing
 Add –s to most nouns
Examples: Singular Plural
Typhoon – Typhoons
Planet – Planets
 If a noun ends in s, sh, ch, x, or z add –es.
Examples: gas – gases dish – dishes beach – beaches
Fox – Foxes
 If nouns ends in a consonant y, change y to I and add –es.
Examples: activity – activities story – stories
Bunny – Bunnies baby – babies
 If a noun ends in y, preceded by a vowel, add –es.
Examples: toy – toys key – keys
tray – tray donkey – donkeys
 For some nouns ending in f and fe, add –s; for others change f or fe to v and add –es.
Examples: reef – reefs leaf – leaves
Belief – beliefs loaf – loaves
chief – chiefs calf – calves
roof – roofs self – selves
cliff – cliffs knife – knives
handkerchief – handkerchief life – lives
 For most nouns ending in –o add –s
Examples: piano – pianos
photo – photos
solo – solos
 For nouns with a vowel before the final –o, just add –s.
Examples: zoo – zoos studio – studios
pea – peas embryo – embryos
radio – radios
 Examples of nouns ending in –o that are always spelled with –es in the plural
tomato – tomatoes mosquito – mosquitoes
echo –echoes hero – heroes
potato – potatoes
 Examples of common nouns ending in –o that can be spelled with –s or –es in the plural.
Cargo – cargos or cargoes tornado – tornados or tornadoes
 Volcano – volcanos or volcanoes flamingo – flamingos or flamingoes
Mango – mangos or mangoes motto – mottos or mottoes
Zero – zeros or zeroes avocado – avocados or avocadoes
 Some nouns have special plural forms. They are called Irregular Plurals.
Examples: Singular Plural
man men
woman women
tooth teeth
mouse mice
ox oxen
goose geese
 Some nouns do not change when they become plural.
Examples: deer deer
personnel personnel
sheep sheep
furniture furniture

Reference: English and Beyond 5

Activity:

I. Complete the sentence by supplying the plural form of the singular noun parenthesis.
1. Mr. and Mrs. Hortaleza traveled to many (country) _______________ around the world.
2. All the (woman) _______________ and (child) ____________________ got into the
(lifeboat ) ________________ before the (man) _______________.
3. We saw flocks of (goose)__________________ and were buzzing and herds of (deer)
____________ in the forest.
4. In the farm, (bee)______________ and (fly) _____________ were buzzing around our
(head) ____________.
5. My parents bought me many (toy) ______________ at the mall.

II. Write the plural form of the following nouns

1. Knife ______________ 5. Child ______________

2. Mouse ______________ 6. Woman ______________
3. Proof ______________ 7. Foot _____________
4. Goose ______________ 8. Monkey _____________

III. Write a short story using at least four of the irregular plurals.
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Illustrate and color your story.