Text-based Intervention – Morphology (Nouns)

Irregular plurals
Regular plurals Although most nouns have
Most nouns in English are made regular plurals some have

Nouns
into plural nouns by adding irregular plurals. Sometimes the
either an /s/ or /es/ to the spelling of the word changes
singular form. completely.

one child - two children one leaf – two leaves

- s ending - es ending
one mouse - two mice one loaf – two loaves
the sailboat one house
one foot – two feet one knife – two knives
the sailboats two houses
one man – two men one half – two halves

This sheet is meant to be Possessives

Noun Derivation
The – er sound at the end of a noun
means a person who does something,
or a thing that does something.
used as a guide only.
Please consult a grammar
book for more in depth
definitions.
If a noun owns something we call it
possessive, and place an apostrophe
between the noun and the /s/. If the noun
which possesses something is plural we put
an apostrophe after the /s/.

paint – painter toaster – toasts bread

computer – computes data A duck’s feet The girls’ parents
farm – farmer
drier – dries clothes A horse’s mane The cars’ wheels
bake – baker
lawnmower – mows lawns A bird’s nest The nurses’ station
teach - teacher
A whale’s tail The boys’ football game

Created by David Newman speech-

speech-language pathologist