Singular and plural Flashcards

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What does singular mean?

A

Singular means only one of a thing.

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What does plural mean?

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Plural means more than one of a thing.

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How do you make singular nouns to be plurals? For example: Girl

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By adding -s. For example:
Girl- Girls
Hen- Hens
Pencil- Pencils

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How do you make plurals of Nouns ending with y and the letter before is a vowel? For example boy

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By adding -s. For example:

Boy - Boys
Key - Keys
Toy - Toys
Kite- Kites

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Nouns ending with S, Sh, Ch, SS, X get their plural by adding ___?
For example: Box, Church

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By adding -es:

Box- Boxes
Church- Churches
Glass- Glasses
Bush- Bushes
Bus- Buses
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How do you make plurals of Nouns ending with y before a consonant?
For example: Berry, City

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By changing the y to i and then adding -es.

Berry- Berries
City- Cities
Diary- Diaries
Pony- Ponies

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How do you make plurals of nouns ending with f?

For example: Leaf, loaf

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By changing the f to v and then adding -es.

Loaf- Loaves
Leaf- Leaves
Shelf- Shelves
Calf- Calves

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