Plural and Singular Nouns

Plural and Singular Nouns

car

A car is a noun because a car is a thing. A noun is singular when there is only one.

cars

A noun is plural when there is more than one. This noun is plural because there are three cars.

Most plural nouns end with s but nouns that end with s, x, ch, sh or z end with es

​lunches

​boxes

​kisses

​churches

​dishes

​taxes

beach

This noun is singular so you do not add an s

chickens

This noun is plural and ends with the letter n, so it ends in s.

Chickens

foxes

Fox ends with x. If you have more than one fox, you add es

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

• peach

• peachs

• peaches

Multiple Choice

• beds

• bed

• bedes

Multiple Choice

• dishes

• dish

• dishs

Multiple Choice

• book

• bookes

• books

Multiple Choice

• finch

• finches

• finchs