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Making nouns plural

Making nouns plural. Troublemakers . house – houses box - boxes mouse – mice ox - oxen hero – heroes safe - safes banjo – banjos knife - knives cupful – cupfuls foot - feet passerby – passersby tooth - teeth. Nouns that stay the same. moose deer species sheep series swine.

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Making nouns plural

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  1. Making nouns plural

  2. Troublemakers • house – houses box - boxes • mouse – mice ox - oxen • hero – heroes safe - safes • banjo – banjos knife - knives • cupful – cupfuls foot - feet • passerby – passersby tooth - teeth

  3. Nouns that stay the same • moose • deer • species • sheep • series • swine

  4. Weirdos • basis – bases • crisis – crises • criterion – criteria • nucleus – nuclei • stimulus – stimuli • datum - data

  5. Rule 1 • Usually add s: • wave – waves • hat - hats

  6. Rule 2 • If the word ends in o, usually add es: • hero – heroes • potato - potatoes

  7. Rule 3 • If the word ends in s, x, z, ch, or sh, add es: • glass – glasses • church – churches • box – boxes • bush - bushes

  8. Rule 4 • If the word ends in y and there’s a vowel before the y, add s: • play – plays • monkey - monkeys

  9. Rule 5 • If the word ends in y and there’s a consonant before the y, change the y to I and add es: • party – parties • candy - candies

  10. Rule 6 • If a proper noun ends in y, just add s: • the Kennedy family – the Kennedys • the Finley family – the Finleys

  11. Rule 7 • If a compound noun has a main noun in it, add the s to the main noun: • one father-in-law – two fathers-in-law • one chief of police – two chiefs of police

  12. Rule 8 • If a compound noun has no main noun in it, add the s at the end: • one follow-up – two follow-ups • one trade-in – two trade-ins

  13. Practice Another game uses marshmallowes and toothpicks. He spends hours watching the gorillas and monkies. Little daisys grow beside the stream. Eating our lunchs outdoors, we could hear the bees. My grandfather plays dominoes on his friends’ patios.

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