Nouns

by Natasha Azani

Nouns are categorized​ into:

1. ​Singular Nouns (SN)

2. ​Plural Nouns (PN)

​Singular Nouns (sn)

A singular noun refers to one person, place, thing or idea.

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For Example:

Joanna has a cat.

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​Plural Nouns (pn)

​A plural noun refers to 2 or more people, places, things or ideas.

For Example:

Miss Francis has lots of cats.

Multiple Select

A noun is a______

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

Multiple Choice

Singular nouns are _____

• one

• more than one

Multiple Choice

Plural nouns are____

• one

• more than one

In order to make a noun plural, you can add:

• ​-s to the singular endings.

• ​-es to the singular nouns ending with -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z.

• ​-ies to the singular noun ending with ‑y and if the letter before the -y is a consonant.

#Rule 1: ​For most nouns, when you change to plural; you just added -s:

​For examples:

• ​Car (singular noun)

​

​become:

• ​Cars (plural noun)

#Rule 2: We added -es to the singular nouns ending with -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z.

​

one ​bus

​Three buses

​Another example: Fox ends with x. If you have more than one fox, you add -es

​A fox

​Two foxes

​#Rule 3: There are some exception:

​word ends in -f or -fe

​CHANGE the -f/-fe to

-ves

​for example:

• ​leaf

• ​leaves

#Rule 4: We added ​​-ies to the singular noun ending with ‑y and if the letter before the -y is a consonant [b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z]

​

​A strawberry

​Many Strawberries

​There are exception to #Rule 4:

• ​If the singular nouns ending with -y, but before the -y is a vowel (a,e,i,o,u); we just have to add 's' after the ending -y.

• ​for example:

​a key

​The keys

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the correct plural form of "scarf"?

• scarfes

• scarfs

• scarves

• scarfies

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of dish?

• dish

• dishies

• dishes

• dishs

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of goat?

• goat

• goates

• goaties

• goats

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of ferry?

• ferris

• ferryes

• ferryies

• ferries

Multiple Choice

Which one is NOT plural noun?

• children

• mice

• feet

• school

Let's Practice Some More

If the picture shows one person, place or thing, you do not add an ending. If it has more than one, you must add or -s or -es. ​

​Don't forget to look at the last letter in the word to figure out whether to add -s or -es.

​

Multiple Choice

• peaches

• peachs

• peachies

• peach

Multiple Choice

• beds

• bed

• bedies

• bedes

Multiple Choice

• watches

• watch

• watchies

• watchs

Multiple Choice

• book

• books

• bookes

• bookies

Multiple Choice

Don't forget to wash your both __________ to prevent the spread of the virus!

• hand

• hands

• ears

• face

​Possessive Nouns

• show ownership

• has an apostrophe ( ' )​

​Singular Possessive Nouns: #Rule 1

In a singular noun (person, thing, place or idea), we add the apostrophe and 's' after the noun.

• ​for example:

Ron's car is in the garage. (the car belonging to Ron is in the garage)

​Singular Possessive Noun: #Rule 2

• ​In singular nouns ending with 's' followed by a word starting with 's', we just added an apostrophe to the noun. this is to avoid a hissing sound.

​for example:

• ​Tejas's school is in Penang.

• ​Suhas's sister is a teacher.

• ​Rohas' laptop isn't working.

• ​We always had our families' social gathering at a beach.

​Plural Possessive noun: #Rule 3

• ​In plural nouns (ending with 's'), we add apostrophe after 's'.

• ​for example:

• ​Students' report cards are ready.

• ​The girls' dance classes have been cancelled.

Irregular Plural Noun: #Rule 4

In the irregular plural noun (ex.: men, children), we add apostrophe and 's' to show possession

for example:

• ​Children's clothes are expensive. ( children is the plural noun of child)

• ​People's mindsets need to be changed. (people is the plural noun of person)

So... to recap our lesson...​

​That is all...​

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