Name

Instructions: Read the rules below. Then, write the plural form of each noun on the line beside the singular form.

crop
• Singular nouns name a person, place,
yam
or thing.
cousin
• Plural nouns name more than one person,
place, or thing. ancestor
Celebrating Food and Family • Level N • 3

• Add -s to most nouns: parent parents. ceremony

vegetable
• Add -es to nouns ending in s, z, x, ch, or sh:
dish dishes, branch branches. woman

• Add -s if a noun ends in a vowel and y: persimmon

day days.
family
• Add -es if a noun ends in a consonant
tortoise
and y, change the y to i: sky skies.
lulav
• Sometimes the spelling is changed:
child children. etrog
Skill: Plurals

tradition
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