Singular is one! Plural is many! Rule 1: To make a singular word plural, in most cases “S” is added to the end of the word.

SINGULAR / PLURAL NOUNS ANIMALS

SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS,BUT WHAT IS SINGULAR AND WHAT IS PLURAL?

Singular is one!

Plural is many!

THE RULES

Rule 1: To make a singular word plural, in most cases “S” is added to the end of the word.

LION

Lions

MONKEY

Monkeys

ELEPHANT

Elephants

PANDA

Pandas

THE RULES

Rule 2: If the singular form of the word ends with “s, ss, x, zz, ch or sh” then add “ES” to the end of the word!

FOX

foxes

THE RULES

Rule 3: For words (nouns) ending in f or fe, we have to change f to v and add “ES”

WOLF

Wolves

THE RULES

Rule 4: A few words (nouns) are very strange and have the same singular and plural forms.

FISH

Fish

THE RULES

Rule 6: Sometimes it’s very hard to know what the rules are…...

In the next slide we are going to show you how.

THE RULES

Some nouns have different plural forms:

child – children woman – women man – men mouse – mice

Nouns ending in vowels like y or o are very confusing:

baby – babies toy – toys potato – potatoes stereo – stereos

NOW YOU TRY IT!

Cat

Dog

Snail

Horse

Rabbit