SINGULAR / PLURAL NOUNS

Grade 1
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS,
BUT WHAT IS SINGULAR AND WHAT IS PLURAL?

 Singular is one!

 Plural is many!
THE RULES
 Rule 1: To make a singular word plural, in most
cases “S” is added to the end of the word.

 In the next slides we are going to show you how.

LION

 Lions
MONKEY
 Monkeys
ELEPHANT
 Elephants
PANDA
 Pandas
THE RULES
 Rule 2: If the singular form of the word ends with
“s, ss, x, zz, ch or sh” then add “ES” to the end of
the word!

 In the next slide we are going to show you how.

FOX
 foxes
THE RULES
 Rule 3: For words (nouns) ending in f or fe, we
have to change f to v and add “ES”

 In the next slide we are going to show you how.

WOLF
 Wolves
THE RULES
 Rule 4: A few words (nouns) are very strange and
have the same singular and plural forms.

 In the next slide we are going to show you how.

FISH

Fish
THE RULES
 Rule 6: Sometimes it’s very hard to know what
the rules are…...

 In the next slide we are going to show you how.

THE RULES
 Some nouns have different plural forms:

 child – children
 woman – women
 man – men
 mouse – mice

 Nouns ending in vowels like y or o are very confusing:

 baby – babies
 toy – toys
 potato – potatoes
 stereo – stereos
NOW YOU TRY IT!
 Cat
 Cats
 Dog
 Dogs
 Snail
 Snails
 Horse
 Horses
 Rabbit
 Rabbits
WELL DONE!
 We hope you learned something!