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    Rules To Form Plural Nouns

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    The document discusses singular and plural nouns in English. It provides examples of common rules for forming plurals in English by adding "-s", "-es", or changing the spelling. It also includes exercises for the reader to practice identifying singular and plural forms of various nouns.

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    The document discusses singular and plural nouns in English. It provides examples of common rules for forming plurals in English by adding "-s", "-es", or changing the spelling. It also includes exercises for the reader to practice identifying singular and plural forms of various nouns.

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    Singular and Plural Nouns

    Read.
    •The Philippines is our
    country.
    • There are many countries
    in the world
    • There are three big islands in
    our country.
    • A sea surrounds an islands.

    • Our country has many


    beautiful tourist spots.
    • Many tourists visit ourcountry
    to see the beautiful spots.
    Singular Plural
    country countries
    island islands
    tourist tourists
    When do we say a
    word is singular?
    plural?
    • A singular noun refers to
    only one person, sor thing.

    •A plural noun refers to


    more than one person,
    place or thing.
    Do you still remember
    how some nouns form
    their plural?
    Nouns are changed to their
    plural form in many ways.
    Read and study the following
    reminders.
    1. Most nouns form their
    plural by adding –s to
    the singular noun.
    Examples: river-rivers
    2. Some nouns ending in s,
    sh, ch, x or z form their plural
    by adding –es to the singular
    nouns.
    Examples: church-churches
    brush-brushes
    grass-grasses
    tax-taxes
    3. Nouns ending in y and
    with a vowel before it form
    their plural by adding –s.
    Examples: key-keys
    toy-toys
    day-days
    4. Nouns ending in y and
    and with a consonant before
    it form their plural by
    changing y to i and adding –
    es.
    Examples: family-families
    lady-ladies
    5. Some nouns ending in f or
    fe form their plural by
    changing f to v and adding
    -es.
    Examples: leaf-leaves
    knife-knives
    6. Other nouns ending in f
    and fe form their plural by
    simply adding –s.
    Examples: chief-chiefs
    roof-roofs
    proof-proofs
    brief-briefs
    7. Some nouns ending in o
    with a consonant before it
    form their plural by adding
    –es.
    Examples: hero-heroes
    mango-mangoes
    8. Other nouns ending in o
    by a vowel form their plural
    by adding -s .
    Examples: zoo-zoos
    zero-zeros
    piano-pianos
    kilo-kilos
    9. Some nouns form their
    plural by changing the
    spelling of the singular
    noun.
    Examples: man-men
    child-children
    tooth-teeth
    goose-geese
    ox-oxen
    Exercise 1
    Give the plural form of the
    following nouns.
    1. Valley _______________
    2. Tax _______________
    3. Half _______________
    4. potato ______________
    5. baby _______________
    6. dwarf _______________
    7. self _______________
    8. foot _______________
    9. dish _______________
    10. grass _______________
    Exercise2
    Fill in the blank with the
    correct plural noun of the
    word in parentheses.
    (key) 1. I lost the _______
    of the cabinet.
    (story) 2. I enjoy reading
    ______.
    (leaf) 3. The ________ fell
    in the water.
    (churh) 4. The ________ are
    filled with people on
    Sundays.
    (grass) 5. The mountain is
    covered with tall _______.
    (volcano)6. There are _____
    in different parts of the
    country.
    (dish) 7. They washed the
    _______ with hot water.
    (mountains) 8. Wild birds
    and animals live in the ____.
    (fox) 9. _______ are not
    common in our country.
    (quiz) 10. The teacher gives
    everyday.
    (box) 11. There are three
    _____ of clothes for the
    typhoon victims.
    (officer)12. They will be
    distributed by the ______ of
    the “ Samahan ng mga
    Kabataan”.
    (child) 13. There were also
    toys for the _______.
    (mango) 14. The people
    served them ______ and
    native suman for the snacks.
    (bus) 15. They rode in two
    _____ on their way home.

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