Nouns

1. ​Singular Nouns (SN)

2. ​Plural Nouns (PN)

A singular noun refers to one person, place, thing or idea.

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For Example:

Joanna has a cat.

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​A plural noun refers to 2 or more people, places, things or ideas.

For Example:

Miss Francis has lots of cats.

In order to make a noun plural, you can add:

• ​-s to the singular endings.

• ​-es to the singular nouns ending with -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z.

• ​-ies to the singular noun ending with ‑y and if the letter before the -y is a consonant.

​For examples:

• ​Car (singular noun)

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​become:

• ​Cars (plural noun)

#Rule 2: We added -es to the singular nouns ending with -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z.

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one ​bus

​Three buses

​A fox

​Two foxes

​word ends in -f or -fe

​CHANGE the -f/-fe to

-ves

​for example:

• ​leaf

• ​leaves

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​A strawberry

• ​If the singular nouns ending with -y, but before the -y is a vowel (a,e,i,o,u); we just have to add 's' after the ending -y.

• ​for example:

Let's Practice Some More

If the picture shows one person, place or thing, you do not add an ending. If it has more than one, you must add or -s or -es. ​

​Don't forget to look at the last letter in the word to figure out whether to add -s or -es.

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• show ownership

• has an apostrophe ( ' )​

In a singular noun (person, thing, place or idea), we add the apostrophe and 's' after the noun.

• ​for example:

Ron's car is in the garage. (the car belonging to Ron is in the garage)

• ​In singular nouns ending with 's' followed by a word starting with 's', we just added an apostrophe to the noun. this is to avoid a hissing sound.

​for example:

• ​Tejas's school is in Penang.

• ​Suhas's sister is a teacher.

• ​Rohas' laptop isn't working.

• ​We always had our families' social gathering at a beach.

• ​In plural nouns (ending with 's'), we add apostrophe after 's'.

• ​for example:

• ​Students' report cards are ready.

• ​The girls' dance classes have been cancelled.

In the irregular plural noun (ex.: men, children), we add apostrophe and 's' to show possession

for example:

• ​Children's clothes are expensive. ( children is the plural noun of child)

• ​People's mindsets need to be changed. (people is the plural noun of person)

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