Lesson 11“Life Under Ice”

Singular & Plural NounsTo form the plural form

of most nouns, add –s Girl/girls School/schools Elephant/Elephants

To form the plural form of nouns ending in s, ch, sh, or x, add –es Cross/Crosses Bench/Benches Bush/Bushes Box/Boxes

Singular & Plural Nouns Continued….

To form the plural of nouns ending in a consonant and y, change the y to an i and add –es. Family/Families Party/Parties Baby/Babies

Irregular Plural Nouns To form the plural of many nouns

ending in f or fe, change the f to a v and add –es. Loaf/Loaves Leaf/Leaves Wife/Wives Life/Lives

Some nouns follow no rules in the formation of their plurals. They are called

irregular plurals. O Child/ChildrenO Deer/DeerO Foot/FeetO Goose/GeeseO Louse/LiceO Man/MenO Moose/MooseO Mouse/MiceO Ox/OxenO Sheep/SheepO Woman/Women

Prefixes &

Suffixes

Storytown Vocabulary Thrive: A living thing that is growing in a

healthy manner is said to thrive.

O Illuminates: When something illuminates an object, it shines light on it to make it brighter or more visible.

BearableO Something that you can usually put

up with is bearable.

AbundantO When something is abundant, there

are large quantities of it.

PhenomenonO Something that you can observe that

exists in nature is called a phenomenon.

RefugeO A refuge is a place that provides

shelter and protection.