This document provides instruction on singular and plural nouns. It presents examples of noun groups and asks questions to determine which group contains singular or plural nouns. Rules for forming plurals are outlined, including adding 's', 'es', changing 'y' to 'i' and adding 'es'. Students are asked to provide the plural forms of sample nouns and complete sentences using plural nouns. The document concludes with an activity to write plural nouns on butterfly wings.
This document provides instruction on singular and plural nouns. It presents examples of noun groups and asks questions to determine which group contains singular or plural nouns. Rules for forming plurals are outlined, including adding 's', 'es', changing 'y' to 'i' and adding 'es'. Students are asked to provide the plural forms of sample nouns and complete sentences using plural nouns. The document concludes with an activity to write plural nouns on butterfly wings.
This document provides instruction on singular and plural nouns. It presents examples of noun groups and asks questions to determine which group contains singular or plural nouns. Rules for forming plurals are outlined, including adding 's', 'es', changing 'y' to 'i' and adding 'es'. Students are asked to provide the plural forms of sample nouns and complete sentences using plural nouns. The document concludes with an activity to write plural nouns on butterfly wings.
the poem. Group A Group B Monkey Minds Lion Things Elephant Animals Giraffe Rules teacher leaves What have you noticed about the last letter of the words in group B? What about those in group A? Group A Group B Monkey Minds Lion Things Elephant Animals Giraffe Rules teacher leaves Which group refers to only one name of place, people, thing or animal? Group A Group B Monkey Minds Lion Things Elephant Animals Giraffe Rules teacher leaves Which group of places, people, things or animals refers to more than one in number? Group A Group B Monkey Minds Lion Things Elephant Animals Giraffe Rules teacher leaves Nouns that refer to just one in number are called singular nouns. On the other hand, nouns that refer to more than one in number are called plural nouns. Examples: Singular Nouns Plural Nouns animal animals monkey monkeys
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the nouns lion, elephant, giraffe and teacher to their plural forms? Here are the rules to guide you in changing nouns to plural form. 1. We add s to the end of the noun to form its plural Examples: bird birds teacher - teachers elephant - elephants giraffe giraffes snake - snakes lion lions 2. We add es to nouns that end in s, sh, x, ch, and z Examples: fox- foxes bus - buses 3. For nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant, we change y to i and ad es Examples: dragonfly dragonflies firefly fireflies 4. For nouns ending in o, we add s or es Examples: kangaroo kangaroos potato potatoes gecko geckos tomato tomatoes some nouns ending in o may be added with s or es like mango- mangoes, mangos and volcano volcanoes, volcano 5. Some nouns change their spelling to form their plural. We call them irregular nouns. Examples: man men foot - feet woman women louse - lice child children tooth - teeth mouse mice ox - oxen goose geese diagnosis - diagnoses Give the plural for of the singular noun in parentheses to complete the sentence. (Child) 1. All the __________enjoyed the trip to the zoo. (camera) 2. The pupils were told not to use the flash of their ______ when taking pictures. (butterfly) 3. Three_______ landed on my classmates shoulders. (pony) 4. There were _________ that you can ride at the zoo. ( mouse) 5. We saw ten white ______ playing in their cage. (banana) 6. The playful monkeys were given large ripe yellow ________ for their snack. (bench) 7. Our tour guides told us to wait by the __________ (cockatoo) 8. We took pictures of the colorful _______ (fish) 9. One thing that we missed at the zoo were the different ______ (zoo) 10. We would like to visit other _____ next time. Complete the butterfly wings. Write the plural form of the given noun on the right wing. Then color and put designs on the butterfly wings. Complete the butterfly