In the last lesson, you learned that a noun is a word for a person, place, or thing.
Some nouns describe one thing, like "tree". Some describe many things, like "trees".
A singular noun, like "tree", names only one person, place, or thing.
A plural noun, like "trees", names two or more people, places, or things.
To make a noun plural, we add to or change the ending of the word.
Add -s to most nouns to make them plural.
Take a look!
Singular: rabbit
Plural: rabbits
If a noun ends in s, sh, ch, or x, add -es to make it plural, not just -s!
Singular: sandwich
Plural: sandwiches
Sometimes we have to change the noun before adding -es.
If a noun ends in a consonant and y, change the y to i and add -es.
One baby
Two babies
Some singular nouns change their spelling when turning into plural nouns. 🙈We just memorize these.
one child - two children
Here are a few more common special plural nouns:
one man - two men
one woman - two women
one person - two people
one mouse - two mice
one foot - two feet
one goose - two geese
one tooth - two teeth
The dentist cleaned my tooth.
What's the plural form of tooth?
It's teeth!
The dentist cleaned my teeth.
In this sentence, can you change the singular noun, "cherry" to plural? 👇
We bought cherry for the pie.
Yes! We need to drop the y and add -ies to turn cherry into cherries.
We bought cherries for the pie.
Great job learning about plural nouns.
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