Change the following words into their plural form:
bike, road, teacher, button
bikes, roads, teachers, buttons
100
If a noun ends in a consonant and y, change the Y to __ and add ___ .
Think about what you would do to make these words plural:
puppy, party, study, library
Write this down!!!!
If a noun ends in a consonant and a y, Change the Y to I and add ES.
Puppy --> Puppies
Party --> Parties
Study --> Studies
Library --> Libraries
100
Possessive Nouns are used to do what?
1. Show that you like something.
2. Show ownership.
3. Show that you plan to do something.
4. Show that you already did something.
2. Show ownership!
If you possess something, you own it, it's yours!
200
Tell me the plural form of the following words:
beach, wish, box, guess
beaches, wishes, boxes, guesses
200
For most nouns that end in F or FE, change F to __ and add ___.
Write this question down!
Think about these words-- wife, wolf, knife, shelf, dwarf
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER.
CHANGE F TO V and add ES.
WRITE THESE EXAMPLES DOWN
wives, wolves, knives, shelves, dwarves
200
When making a singular noun show possession, what do you do?
Think about this...
If a boy owns a toy...
If a teacher owns a pencil....
The boy's toy.
The teacher's pencil.
What did you do?? YOU ADDED AN APOSTROPHE S 'S
300
What do you add to form the plural of most nouns?
WRITE THIS DOWN!
To form the plural of most nouns you add an S.
Examples:
chores, tests, pencils, pens, dogs, elephants, owls, pigs, lights, trees, friends
300
What is the plural form of....
1. life
2. word
3. fish
1. Lives
2. Words
3. Fish
300
Tell me the possessive form of the word STUDENT and use it in a sentence....
Student's
The student's text book went missing yesterday.
400
What do you do to nouns ending in sh, ch, x, z, s, and ss to make them plural?
WRITE THIS DOWN!
To make the plural form for nouns that end in sh, ch, x, z, s, and ss, you add ES
Examples:
dishes, wishes, churches, lunches, bunches, boxes, foxes
400
Some nouns have irregular plural forms...they change spelling...can you tell me the plural form of.... TOMATO? How about MOUSE?
TOMATOES and MICE
400
When you have a plural noun and you need to show possession, what do you do?
Think...
brothers
elephants
YOU JUST ADD AN APOSTROPHE.
The brothers' baseball gloves are in the garage.
The elephants' tails swayed from side to side all day.
500
Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms, can you give me two examples?
*WRITE THIS QUESTION DOWN*
Fish, deer, sheep, shrimp, salmon
**RECORD TWO OF THESE ANSWERS**
500
TWO MORE IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS...ONE CHILD...TWO _____ ?? ONE MAN..TWO ____?
2 CHILDREN
2 MEN
500
Use the possessive form of the plural noun, students, and use it in a sentence.
The students' grades were improving as the year went on.