Singular and Plural Nouns

Nouns

by Bethany Fratercangelo

Common and Proper Nouns

• ​A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing.

• ​A common noun names any person, place, or thing.

​example: The girl visited the fountain in the park.

• ​A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing. It can be just one word or more than one word.

​example: Julia visited Bethseda Fountain in Central Park.

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​*Proper nouns always have a capital letter.

Multiple Choice

Decide whether the word below is a common or proper noun. 

teacher

• Common 

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Decide whether the noun below is common or proper.

February

• Common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Decide whether the noun below is common or proper.

season

• Common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Decide whether the noun below is common or proper.

Walmart

• Common 

• Proper 

​Singular and Plural Nouns

​Nouns can be singular or plural.

• ​A singular noun names ONE person, place, or thing.

• ​A plural noun names MORE THAN ONE person, place, or thing.

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​Rules to make nouns plural. (these can be found on page 44 in grammar book.)

1. ​Add -s to most singular nouns.

2. ​Add -es when a singular noun ends in s, ss, ch, sh, or x.

3. ​When a singular noun ends in a vowel and y, add -s.

4. ​When a singular noun ends in a consonant and y, change the y to i and add -es.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct plural form of the noun below. 

wish 

• wishes

• wishs

• wishies 

• wishys

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct plural form of the noun below. 

bunny

• bunnys

• bunnyes

• bunnies

• bunnyies

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct plural form of the noun below. 

patch

• Patchs

• patchies 

• patchys 

• patches

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct plural form of the noun below. 

donkey

• donkies

• donkeys

• donkeyes

• donkeyies

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct plural form of the noun below. 

song

• songs 

• songies 

• songys 

• songes

​Irregular Plurals

• ​Some nouns have irregular plurals. In most cases, this means that the spelling of the singular noun changes to form the plural noun.

• In a few cases the plural noun and the singular noun are the same.

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*examples are on page 48 in workbook.

Multiple Choice

Decide if the underlined noun is singular or plural. 

Miss F. gave the children candy.  

• Singular 

• Plural 

Multiple Choice

Decide if the underlined noun is singular or plural. 

One deer nibbles the grass.

• Singular 

• Plural 

Multiple Choice

Decide if the underlined noun is singular or plural. 

Beavers have very sharp teeth.

• singular

• plural

​Possessive Nouns

• ​A possessive noun is a noun that shows who or what has something.

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Both singular and plural nouns can be made possessive.

• ​to make a singular noun possessive, add an apostrophe and -s.

​example: Janet = Janet's

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• ​to make a plural noun that ends in -s possessive, add only an apostrophe.

​example: students = students'

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• ​to make a plural noun that does not end in -s possessive, add and apostrophe and -s.

​example: women = women's

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct possessive form of the noun below. 

workers 

• workers's 

• workers'

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct possessive form of the noun below. 

men

• men's

• mens

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct possessive form of the noun below. 

museum

• museums

• museum's

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct possessive form of the noun below. 

Gus

• Gus'

• Gus's