Plural Nouns ESL

​To make a noun plural (to show more than one)

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For most nouns, just add -s

​dog - dogs

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hat - hats

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​shell - shells

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​chicken - chickens

For nouns that end in a vowel and "o," add -s.

• Remember that vowels are a, e, i, o, and u!

• radio → radios

• video → videos

• rodeo → rodeos

For nouns that end in a consonant and "o," you add -s to some and -es to others.

​tomato → tomatoes

​Piano → Pianos

Hero. → Heroes

​To make a noun plural (to show more than one)

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For nouns that end in s, ch, sh, x, or z

add -es

wish - wishes

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fox - foxes

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bench - benches

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​chicken - glasses

SOME nouns that end in "f" or "fe" change the "f" to "v" and add "es."

• wolf → wolves

• leaf → leaves

• life → lives

Irregular Plural Nouns

(like person → people)

Lastly, some nouns just stay the same in their singular and plural forms.

deer → deer

sheep → sheep

Fish  → Fish

• This is another to memorize, but these words would look and sound weird if their plural looked different!

Some nouns have a special form that doesn't end in -s.

• tooth → teeth

• woman → women

• goose → geese

• person → people

​Teeth

​Women

​Geese

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?

CANDY

• candys

• candies

• candyies

• candy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?

PIANO

• pianos

• pianoes

• piano

• piannos

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?

CALF

• calfs

• calfves

• calves

• calfes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?

TOOTH

• tooths

• toothes

• teeths

• teeth

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?

FRIEND

• friends

• friend

• friendes

• friendses

Open Ended

How do you correctly spell the plural form of SHELF?

Open Ended

How do you correctly spell the plural form of SHELF?

Open Ended

How do you correctly spell the plural form of OREO?

Open Ended

How do you correctly spell the plural form of BUSH?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?

MOOSE

• mooses

• moose

• moosess

• mise

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?

LUNCH

• lunches

• lunchs

• lunchess

• lunchses

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?

CITY

• cities

• citys

• cityses

• cityes

Open Ended

How do you correctly spell the plural form of BABY ?

Open Ended

How do you correctly spell the plural form of BANANA?

Open Ended

How do you correctly spell the plural form of FLY?

Open Ended

How do you correctly spell the plural form of FOX?

Open Ended

How do you correctly spell the plural form of FISH?

Multiple Choice

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

• scarfes

• scarves

• scarfs

Multiple Choice

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

• studios

• studioes

• studio's

Multiple Choice

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

• volcanoes

• volcano's

• volcanos

Multiple Choice

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

• childs

• children

• childes

Multiple Choice

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

• mooses

• meese

• moose