Lesson 5

Singular and Plural Nouns

 Regular plural nouns
Rule Examples
Camera Cameras
We add “–s” to most nouns
House Houses
Nouns ending in consonant + Y.
Party Parties
Drop –y and change it for –i.
City Cities
Then add “–es”
Nouns ending in vowel + Y. Boy Boys
We add “-s” Toy Toys
Bus Buses
Nouns ending in “-s”, “ss”, “sh”, “ch”, “x”. Glass Glasses
Brush Brushes
We add “-es” Watch Watches
Box Boxes

Nouns ending in –f or –fe. Knife Knives

Change -f or -fe for “-ves” Wolf Wolves

Nouns ending in –ff. We add -s Puff Puffs Excep

Nouns ending in consonant + O. Add -es Tomato Tomatoes  pianos /
Nouns ending in vowel + O. Add -s Studio Studios
 Some Irregular plural nouns
Singular and plural are Plural changes
the same Singular Plural
Singular Plural Man Men
Fish Fish Woman Women
Child Children
Deer Deer
Person People
Sheep Sheep Tooth Teeth
Ice Ice Foot Feet
Mouse Mice
Goose Geese
Ox Oxen
 boxes
Write the children
women

plural people
babies
stories
form of flies
wishes
these knives
dresses

nouns teeth
shelves