Common and Proper Nouns Singular and Plural Nouns Possessive Nouns.
Nouns ans their plural forms
Transcript of Nouns ans their plural forms
NOUNS AND THEIR NOUNS AND THEIR PLURAL FORMSPLURAL FORMS
Most nouns simply add S in the Most nouns simply add S in the plural as: DOGS STAMPS plural as: DOGS STAMPS
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There are irregular nouns as: child-children woman-women man – men foot – feet person – people goose – geese mouse
– mice deer - deer
Child - children
Many nouns that end in F or FE in the plural change F to V and then add ES as: HALF – WOLF – KNIFE – LIFE – HOOF…Exceptions:
DWARF = DWARFS ROOF =ROOFS
wolf
More rules to remember• Nouns that end in –S –SS –CH –X add ES in the
plural as: BUSES – CLASSES – CRASHES – MATCHES – BOXES
• Nouns that end in a consonant + Y change to IES in the plural as: CITY – CITIES BABY – BABIES BODY – BODIES
• But if the noun ends in a vowel + Y the Y doesn´t change as: MONKEYS DAYS
LADY – LADIES BUTTERFLY - BUTTERFLIES
ladybutterfly
monkey
CLASS - CLASSES
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• Words that end in O create special problems as: POTATOES – HEROES, however MEMO – MEMOS and for words where another vowel comes before the O, we add just S as: STEREOS
• Nouns that end with US usually maintain their latin or greek form in the plural changing the US to I as: CACTUS – CACTI
NUCLEUS – NUCLEI FOCUS – FOCISYLLABUS – SYLLABI
FUNGUS – FUNGI
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• Nouns that end with IS change IS to ES as: ANALYSIS – ANALYSES CRISIS – CRISES
THESIS – THESES• Nouns that end with ON change ON to A as:
PHENOMENON – PHENOMENA CRITERION – CRITERIA
MORE TO REMEMBER
• A handful of nouns appear to be plural in form but take a singular verb as: The news is bad – Gymnastics is fun to watch – Economics-mathematics-statistics is said to be difficult
• Numeral expressions are usually singular, but can be plural if the individuals within a numerical group are acting individually as: Fifty thousand dollars is a lot of money
• When a noun names the title of something or is a word being used as a word, it is singular whether the word takes a singular form or not as: Faces is the name of the new restaurant - Postcards is my favorite novel
Write their names and plurals