Nouns-A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes

ESL Helpful Handouts Page 1 of 5 This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5. Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes To make the plural form of most nouns, add sto the end of the word.cup = cupssnake = snakes.ski = skis(I am taking my new skis pair of skis to the to the mountains nextweekend.)Add esto the end of a noun that ends in s, x, z, ch, sh. box = boxeswaltz = waltzesmatch = matchesbrush = brushes ESL Helpful Handouts Page 2 of 5 This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5. Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes Add s to some nouns that end in o .kangaroo = kangaroosAdd es to some wordsthat end in o.tomato = tomatoes•Ato Some words that end in oform the plural by adding either sor esto the end of the word.tornado = tornados tornado = tornadoes When a noun ends in a consonant and y, drop the y and add ies. city = cities ESL Helpful Handouts Page 3 of 5 This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5. Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes Some nouns that end in f or fe, drop f or fe and add ves. loaf = loaves thief = thieves Some nouns that end in f add s to form the plural. belief = beliefs cliff = cliffs Some nouns have irregular plural forms without s.man -men woman -women child -childrengoose -geese louse -lice mouse -mice ox -oxenESL Helpful Handouts Page 4 of 5 This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5. Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes Some nouns have the same singular and plural form. one shrimp two shrimp one series two series cactus = cactidatum = dataindex = indicesmedium = mediastimulus = stimuliNouns borrowed from other languages such as Latin or Greek, have foreign plural forms.ESL Helpful Handouts Page 5 of 5 This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5. Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes Write the plural noun in the blank. 1. (cup) Over half the adults in the United states drink at least two _______________ of coffee a day. 2. (kangaroo) _______________ are native to Australia. 3. (snake) The first time that I ever saw rattle _______________ was in Florida. 4. (thief) People who steal are called _______________. 5. (ski) Mike is taking his new ________________ to Colorado next month. 6. (series) A series is a group of similar things. Several groups are also called _______________. 7. (tornado) Some storms, including _______________ , cannot be forecast accurately. 8. (belief) Those politicians held different ________________ on the subject of the economy. 9. (box) Ellen received four _______________ of chocolate on Valentine’s Day. 10. (cliff) The bay is surrounded by towering _______________. 11. (child) This project encourages school ______________ to study science. 12. (waltz) I had hoped that she would save the last ________________ for me. 13. (louse) You can buy a lotion at the pharmacy that treat head _______________. 14. (match) ________________ catch fire by friction. 15. (brush) My grandfather liked to lather his beard with shaving _______________. 16. (city) I have visited all of the capitol ________________ of the countries in the European Union. 17. (tomato) Chop the _______________ into bite size pieces before you add them to the salad. 18. (loaf) How many _______________ of bread did you buy? 19. (stimulus) The optical illusions showed how the brain reacts to visual ________________. 20. (shrimp) The jumbo shrimp platter comes with 12 fried _______________ and 2 vegetables. Image Acknowledgements: Salvatore Vuono, Karen Shaw, Tony Dowson, Adam Hickmot, Suat Eman, Mark Truman, Felixo, Inc., Meiklejohn, Pixomar, George Stojkovie, Simon Howden, m-bartocsh.