Chapter 2, Lesson 3
Objectives
Students will:
 Write the plural form of nouns correctly.
 Proofread for plural nouns.
Rules
 Singular Noun
 Names one person, place, thing, or idea.
 Example:
 The farmer drove to the market with the box.
 Plural Noun
 Names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
 Example:
 The farmers drove to the markets with the boxes.
Rules for forming plurals
1.
Most singular nouns:



Add “s”
Street = streets
House = houses
3. Nouns ending with a
vowel and y:



Add “s”
Valley = valleys
Joy = joys
2. Nouns ending in s, x,
ch, or sh:





Add “es”
Dress = dresses
Ax = axes
Bench = benches
Dish = dishes
4. Nouns ending with a
consonant and y:



Change the “y” to “i”
and then add “es.”
City = cities
Cranberry = cranberries
What is the plural form of each noun?
 ostrich
 ostriches
 fox
 foxes
 letter
 letters
 alley
 alleys
 boss
 bosses
 panda
 pandas
 porch
 porches
 family
 families
 holiday
 holidays
 glass
 glasses
What is the plural form of each noun?
 idea
 ideas
 month
 months
 toy
 toys
 ocean
 oceans
 party
 parties
 flute
 flutes
 marsh
 marshes
 basket
 baskets
 doctor
 doctors
 body
 bodies
What is the plural form of each noun?
 paper
 papers
 picture
 pictures
 ranch
 ranches
 library
 libraries
 business
 businesses
 birthday
 birthdays
 notebook
 notebooks
 ax
 axes
 balcony
 balconies
 inch
 inches
Find the eleven incorrect plural nouns
At the City Harbor
liners
Huge ocean lineres arrive. Tiny tugboats pull the giant
ships Persons
shipes. Persones young and old sit on benches and watch.
Ferries
Families
seagulls
Ferrys sail in and out. Familys get on and off. Noisy seagulles
beaches
swoop over the beachs. Tall cranes load boxes onto big vessels.
rays
groups
Bosses direct the groupes of workers. The rayes of the sun fade.
Flashes
buoys
Flashs of light beam from the buoyes offshore.
WB pgs. 25 & 26