Starter - Session B

Wednesday, August 3
Nouns: Plural and Singular
NOUN

Person
Place
Idea
Animal
Emotion
Thing
Singular Plural
Car Cars
Phone Phones
Apple Apples
Tree Trees
Book Books
Cat Cats
Dog Dogs
Regular Noun

+s
Singular Plural
Tax Taxes
Lunch Lunches
Bus Buses

Box Boxes
 Regular Noun
ending in
‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z

+es
Singular Plural
Leaf Leaves
Knife Knives
Wolf Wolves
 Regular Nouns
ending in ‑f or ‑fe

Remove -f / -fe and write -ves

Singular Plural
City Cities
Baby Babies

Party Parties
 Regular Nouns
ending in consonant + “y”

Remove -y and write -ies

Singular Plural
Key Keys
Day Days
Boy Boys
 Regular Noun
ending in vowel + “y”

+s
Singular Plural
Potato Potatoes
Tomato Tomatoes
Hero Heroes

Exceptions:

Photo - Photos

Piano - Pianos
 Regular Noun
ending in consonant + “o”

+es
Singular Plural
Sheep Sheep
Fish Fish
Deer Deer
 Regular Noun

Some nouns don’t change when pluralized

 woman - women
Irregular nouns tooth – teeth
child – children

person - people foot – feet

man – men
Irregular nouns

Memorize!
ACTIVITY
Write the correct plural:
Car Cars
Phone Phones
Apple Apples
Tree Trees
Book Books
Cat Cats
Dog Dogs
Write the correct plural:
Tax Taxes
Lunch Lunches
Bus Buses

Box Boxes
Write the correct plural:
Leaf Leaves
Knife Knives
Wolf Wolves

Life Lives
Write the correct plural:
Potato Potatoes
Tomato Tomatoes
Hero Heroes

Echo Echoes
Write the correct plural:
City Cities
Puppy Puppies
Baby Babies

Party Parties
Write the correct plural:
Sheep Sheep
Fish Fish
Deer Deer
Write the correct plural:
Child Children
Man Men
Woman Women
Person People
Tooth Teeth
Foot Feet
Thanks!