Mastering Plural Nouns: Rules and Examples

Enhance your literacy skills by learning the rules of forming plural nouns with this comprehensive guide. Explore various strategies and conventions, including when to add -es, change -y to -i, and more. Dive into examples for a deeper understanding!

• Plural Nouns
• Grammar Rules
• Spelling Strategies
• Language Learning
• ESL

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1. Teacher Notes Subject: Literacy Topic: Word and sentence Level Work Spelling strategies, conventions and rules: grammatical awareness Title: Rules of Punctuation Year(s): 3+ Cross-curricular link(s): ESL Intended learning outcome(s) Y3.2 S4 Recommended usage:

2. How to make singular nouns plural. Windows(R) operating system software Submitted by M. H. Turney

3. Plurals - making more than one. Start with a noun Does it end with ss, x, z,sh or ch? Is it a special plural? Does it end with y? Does it end with f or fe? Does it end with o? pageLink pageLink(2) pageLink(3) pageLink(1) Yes No pageLink(5) pageLink(4)

4. Is there a consonant before the y? Yes No pageLink(7) pageLink(6)

5. Add es Examples: pass - passes fox - foxes buzz - buzzes fish - fishes church - churches pageLink(8)

6. BEWARE BEWARE Sometimes change the f to v and add es Sometimes add s Examples Examples pageLink(10) pageLink(9)

7. BEWARE BEWARE Mostly add es Sometimes add s Examples Examples pageLink(12) pageLink(11)

8. Change the y to i and add es Examples enemy - enemies baby - babies lady - ladies brolly - brollies bunny - bunnies pageLink(13)

9. Just add s Examples tray - trays monkey - monkeys day - days toy - toys pageLink(14)

10. Examples knife - knives self - selves wife - wives thief - thieves pageLink(15)

11. Examples safe - safes cafe - cafes cuff - cuffs sniff - sniffs woof - woofs pageLink(16)

12. Examples domino - dominoes potato - potatoes hero - heroes tomato - tomatoes pageLink(17)

13. Examples piano - pianos cello - cellos solo - solos studio - studios pageLink(18)

14. Irregulars Some words change their spelling Some words stay exactly the same. Examples child - children goose - geese mouse - mice woman - women ox - oxen Examples deer - deer fish - fish salmon - salmon pageLink(19)

15. Just add s pageLink(20)