Singular and plural Flashcards
What does singular mean?
Singular means only one of a thing.
What does plural mean?
Plural means more than one of a thing.
How do you make singular nouns to be plurals? For example: Girl
By adding -s. For example:
Girl- Girls
Hen- Hens
Pencil- Pencils
How do you make plurals of Nouns ending with y and the letter before is a vowel? For example boy
By adding -s. For example:
Boy - Boys
Key - Keys
Toy - Toys
Kite- Kites
Nouns ending with S, Sh, Ch, SS, X get their plural by adding ___?
For example: Box, Church
By adding -es:
Box- Boxes Church- Churches Glass- Glasses Bush- Bushes Bus- Buses
How do you make plurals of Nouns ending with y before a consonant?
For example: Berry, City
By changing the y to i and then adding -es.
Berry- Berries
City- Cities
Diary- Diaries
Pony- Ponies
How do you make plurals of nouns ending with f?
For example: Leaf, loaf
By changing the f to v and then adding -es.
Loaf- Loaves
Leaf- Leaves
Shelf- Shelves
Calf- Calves