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Lesson 2 - NOUNS

Here are the answers: 1. shoes 2. foxes 3. galleries 4. weeks 5. buses 6. elves 7. leaves 8. stereos 9. months 10. witches

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GOOD MORNING!!

ENGLISH 7
Prepared by:
PRECIOUS A. ORTIZO
Objectives
:
At the end of the lesson, the students would be able to:

a. Distinguish between common and proper nouns;


b. Determine rules in pluralizing nouns;
c. State the importance of nouns in communication; and
d. Transform the given nouns into their plural forms.
Common and Proper Nouns
Common Nouns
- used to name general groups,
people, places, things and ideas.
Example:
month, day, country, ocean
Proper Nouns
- refer to a specific person,
place, or thing and are always
capitalized.
Example:
September, Tuesday, Philippines, Pacific Ocean
RULES IN
PLURALIZATION OF NOUNS
Rules for Making Plurals
Rule # 1

Add an (s) to form the plural of most of words.

Examples: book – books


bug – bugs
friend – friends
tutor – tutors
flower – flowers
Rules for Making Plurals
Rule # 2
For words that end in (s, z, x, ch, sh, ss) add (es) to form the
plural.

Examples: bus – buses


box – boxes
church – churches
bush – bushes
class – classes

*With words that end in Z sometimes we add an extra Z to the


plural form of the word (such as with the plural of quiz).
Rules for Making Plurals
Rule # 3

If the word ends in a vowel + (y)


[ay, ey, iy, oy, uy] add an (s) to the word.

Examples: tray – trays


key – keys
stay – stays
toy – toys
buy – buys
Rules for Making Plurals
Rule # 4

If the word ends in a consonant + (y) change the (y) into (i) and
add (es) to form the plural.

Examples: enemy – enemies


cherry – cherries
baby – babies
party – parties
dictionary – dictionaries
Rules for Making Plurals
Rule # 5

For words that end in (f), drop the (f) change it to (v) & add (es) for the
plural. For words that end in (fe), change the (f) to (v) & ad (es) to form the
plural.

Examples: wolf - wolves


wife - wives
knife – knives
self – selves

*Some exceptions: roof - roofs, cliff - cliffs, chief - chiefs, belief - beliefs,
chef - chefs
Rules for Making Plurals
Rule # 6

For most nouns that end in a consonant + (o), add (es) to make the
noun plural.

Examples: tomato – tomatoes


hero - heroes
potato – potatoes
volcano - volcanoes
Rules for Making Plurals
Rule # 7

To form the plural of some nouns that end in a consonant + (o), just
add (s).

Examples: ego – egos


dynamo – dynamos

*In most cases, if a noun ends in a consonant + (o), and it is related


to music, just an (s) is needed to form the plural.

Examples: solos, pianos, contraltos, altos, cellos, sopranos


Irregular Plurals
a. Some nouns change spelling in the plurals.
Singular Plural Singular Plural
child children alumnus alumni
man men alumna alumnae
woman women datum data
foot feet tooth teeth
mouse mice louse lice
person people analysis analyses
goose geese basis bases
Irregular Plurals

b. Some nouns do not change in plural.

deer – deer

sheep – sheep

fish – fish

series – series
Irregular Plurals

c. Some nouns are always plural.

- scissors
- pajamas
- eyeglasses Examples:
1.My pajamas
- shorts 2.Susan’s shorts
- clothes
Exercise
Choose the word that has the correct plural form.
1. shoes - shoeses – shoe
2. fox - foxs – foxes
3. gallery - galleries – gallerys
4. weeks - weekes – week
5. bus - buses - buseses
6. elves - elf - elfes
7. leaf - leaves – leafes
8. stereo - stereoses – stereos
9. month - months – monthes
10. witches – witch - witcheses

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