Classes of Nouns
Making Nouns Plural
Challenging Noun Plurals
Part I
Foreign Nouns & Special Plurals
Challenging Noun Plurals
Part II
100
Names persons, places, and things that you can actually see, hear, feel, taste, or smell
What are common nouns?
100
Name one person, place or thing.
What are singular nouns?
100
This is added to common nouns ending in y if the letter before the y is a consonant?
What is s?
100
datum
What is the singular form for data?
100
require only s in plural formation
What are numerals and uppercase letters standing alone?
200
Names qualities, feelings, and concepts that are difficult to visualize.
What are abstract nouns?
200
Name two or more persons, places, or things.
What are plural nouns?
200
the preferred plural form
What is show first in a dictionary when two plural forms of a word are recognized?
200
bacterium
What is the plural form of bacteria?
200
Made plural by adding s and written without periods and spaces.
What are academic degrees?
300
Names generalized persons, places, and things.
What are common nouns?
300
s
What is added to most regular nouns to form a plural?
300
This is added to form the plural of a word ending in o when the letter before the o is a consonant.
What is s or es?
300
games, fields of study, or diseases
What are nouns ending in s or es that are usually singular?
300
Plural form of abbreviations.
What is adding s without an apostrophe?
400
Names specific persons, places, and things.
What are proper nouns?
400
es
What is added to nouns ending in s, x,z,ch, or sh to form a plural?
400
Proper names and surnames that end in s,x,z,ch, or sh are made plural by adding this.
What is es?
400
refer to clothing and tools
What are nouns ending is s or es that are usually plural?
400
The singular and plural forms of abbreviations of these are identical.
What are units of measurement?
500
Concrete, Abstract, Common, and Proper
What are the four classes of nouns?
500
The plural is formed by changing the spelling of the word.
What is the proper way of forming a plural of irregular nouns?
500
change the principal noun to plural
What is changing compound words written in hyphenated or open form to plural form?
500
refer to animals or nationalities
What are nouns ending in s or es that may be singular or plural?
500
Some units of measurement have these.
What is two plural forms?
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