ESL Helpful Handouts - Nouns - Review Of Plural Spelling Changes
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ESL Helpful Handouts Page 1 of 5 This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts . Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com . Image Acknowledgments: See page 5. Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes To make the plural form of most nouns, add s to the end of the word. cup = cups snake = snakes . ski = skis (I am taking my new skis pair of skis to the to the mountains next weekend.) Add es to the end of a noun that ends in s, x, z, ch, sh. box = boxes waltz = waltzes match = matches brush = brushes
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English As A Second Language, English As A Foreign Language Handout/Worksheet. A review of plural spelling changes for intermediate and advanced English students.
Transcript of ESL Helpful Handouts - Nouns - Review Of Plural Spelling Changes
ESL Helpful Handouts Page 1 of 5
This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5.
Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes
To make the plural form of most nouns, add s to the end of the word.
cup = cups
snake = snakes
.
ski = skis(I am taking my new
skis pair of skis to the to the mountains next
weekend.)
Add es to the end of a noun that ends in s, x, z, ch, sh.
box = boxes
waltz = waltzes
match = matches
brush = brushes
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Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes
Add s to some nouns that end in o .
kangaroo = kangaroos
Add es to some wordsthat end in o.
tomato = tomatoes
• Ato
Some words that end in o form the plural by adding either s or es to the end of the word.
tornado = tornados tornado = tornadoes
When a noun ends in a consonant and y, drop the y and add ies.
city = cities
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Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes
Some nouns that end in f or fe, drop f or fe and add ves.
loaf = loaves thief = thieves
Some nouns that end in f add s to form the plural.
belief = beliefs
cliff = cliffs
Some nouns have irregular plural forms without s.
man - men woman - women child - children
goose - geese louse - lice mouse - mice ox - oxen
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Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes
Some nouns have the same singular and plural form.
one shrimp
two shrimp
one series
two series
cactus = cacti
datum = data
index = indices
medium = media
stimulus = stimuli
Nouns borrowed from other
languages such as Latin or Greek,
have foreign plural forms.
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Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes
Write the plural noun in the blank.
1. (cup) Over half the adults in the United states drink at least two _______________ of coffee a day.
2. (kangaroo) _______________ are native to Australia.
3. (snake) The first time that I ever saw rattle _______________ was in Florida.
4. (thief) People who steal are called _______________.
5. (ski) Mike is taking his new ________________ to Colorado next month.
6. (series) A series is a group of similar things. Several groups are also called _______________.
7. (tornado) Some storms, including _______________ , cannot be forecast accurately.
8. (belief) Those politicians held different ________________ on the subject of the economy.
9. (box) Ellen received four _______________ of chocolate on Valentine’s Day.
10. (cliff) The bay is surrounded by towering _______________.
11. (child) This project encourages school ______________ to study science.
12. (waltz) I had hoped that she would save the last ________________ for me.
13. (louse) You can buy a lotion at the pharmacy that treat head _______________.
14. (match) ________________ catch fire by friction.
15. (brush) My grandfather liked to lather his beard with shaving _______________.
16. (city) I have visited all of the capitol ________________ of the countries in the European Union.
17. (tomato) Chop the _______________ into bite size pieces before you add them to the salad.
18. (loaf) How many _______________ of bread did you buy?
19. (stimulus) The optical illusions showed how the brain reacts to visual ________________.
20. (shrimp) The jumbo shrimp platter comes with 12 fried _______________ and 2 vegetables.
Image Acknowledgements: Salvatore Vuono, Karen Shaw, Tony Dowson, Adam Hickmot, Suat Eman, Mark Truman, Felixo, Inc., Meiklejohn, Pixomar, George Stojkovie, Simon Howden, m-bartocsh.
