Singular and Plural noun for seventh grade student

2. Rule
Add –s to make most
nouns plural.

3. Examples
girl girls
tortoise tortoises
camera cameras
monkey monkeys

4. Rule
Add –es to nouns ending
in s, z, ch, X,tch,o,ss and
sh.

5. Examples
doze dozes
moss mosses
bush bushes
beach beaches
fox foxes
ditch ditches

6. Rule
When a noun ends with a
consonant and y, change y to I
and add –es.

7. Examples
puppy puppies
kitty kitties
daisy daisies
canary canaries
bunny bunnies
guppy guppies

8. Rule
When a noun ends with f or fe,
change to ves.

9. Examples
wolf Wolves
wife wives
leaf leaves
knife Knives

10. Some nouns have different plural
forms.
child – children
woman – women
man – men
mouse – mice
goose – geese

11. SUMMARY
1. Add –s to make most
nouns plural.
Examples: letters,
papers, kids, pots
2. Add –es to nouns
ending in s, z, ch,
x,tch,o,ss and sh.
Examples: latches,
tosses,
boxes,tomatoes,bushes
3. When a noun ends
with a consonant and
y, change y to i and
add –es.
Examples:
baby-babies
lady-ladies
butterfly-butterflies

12. Let’s play a game

13. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
donkey

14. answer
donkeys

15. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
thief

16. answer
thieves

17. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
sky

18. answer
skies

19. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
branch

20. answer
branches

21. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
dresses

22. answer
dresses

23. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
fox

24. answer
foxes

25. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
circus

26. answer
circuses

27. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
match

28. answer
matches

29. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
ash

30. answer
ashes

31. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
wish

32. answer
wishes

33. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
potatoe

34. answer
potatoes

35. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
loaf

36. answer
loaves

37. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
hero

38. answer
heroes

39. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
shelf

40. answer
shelves

41. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
toy

42. answer
toys

43. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
country

44. answer
countries

45. Give the plural form of the italicized
nouns
valley

46. answer
valleys

47. Choose the correct form of the noun in each sentence.
1)I have three (child, children).
2)There are five (man, men) and one (woman, women).
3)(Baby, Babies) play with bottles as toys.
4)I put two big (potato, potatoes) in the lunch box.
5)A few men wear (watch, watches).
6)I put a (memo, memos) on the desk.
7)I saw a (mouse, mice) running by.
8)There are few (bus, buses) on the road today.

48. 1) children
2) men, woman
3) Babies
4) potatoes
5) watches
6) memo
7) mouse
8) buses