Plural and Collective Nouns

Wonders 5 · U2W3 · Grammar

Plural and Collective Nouns

Plural Nouns

• To form the plural of some nouns ending in f or fe, change the f to v and add -es.

• To form the plural of nouns ending in a vowel followed by o, add -s.

• To form the plural of nouns ending in a consonant followed by o, add -s or -es.

Multiple Choice

a bottle

• bottles

• bottless

• bottls

Multiple Choice

city

• citys

• cities

• citis

Multiple Choice

wolf

• wolfs

• wolfes

• wolves

Multiple Choice

a brush

• brushes

• brushs

• brushess

Multiple Choice

a thief

• thiefs

• thiefes

• thieves

Multiple Choice

................... play with bottles as toys.

• Baby

• Babys

• Babies

Multiple Choice

I put two big ................ in the lunch box.

• potato

• potatos

• potatoes

Multiple Choice

Mother cut the sandwich into two ______.

• halfs

• halves

• haffs

• half

Collective Nouns

• Some nouns name a group. These nouns are called collective nouns.

• A collective noun can be either singular or plural.

• Examples: herd, bunch, group, pack

Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun.

On Saturdays, I enjoy going to Pizza Guys with my family.

• Saturdays

• Pizza Guys

• family

Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun.

My brothers like to celebrate after their team wins soccer games.

• brothers

• team

• games

Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun.

The class went to the library to check out books for the students' research projects.

• class

• library

• students'