Plural Nouns

What is a plural noun?

• Is more than one person, place or thing.

• It describes a noun

• It is an action word

• It is a person, place, or a thing.

Most nouns can be made plural by adding an __

• es

• s

• ves

• ies

If a noun ends in an s, ch, sh, x or z you add __

• ves

• s

• es

• ies

If a noun ends in a consonant and then a y, change the y to an __ and add an __

• s and es

• i and es

• v and es

• ies

Make the noun plural: Lunch

Make the noun plural: Flower

Make the noun plural: Candy

If the noun ends with an f or fe, you drop the f or fe and add __

• ses

• s

• ies

• ves

Make the noun plural: Child

• Childs

• Childes

• Children

• Childies

Make the noun plural: Calf

• Calves

• Calfs

• Calfies

• Calfen