ENGLISH LESSONS WITH A QUIZ NOUNS Singular and Plural Nouns A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Usually, the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. As babies learn mom, dad, or milk as their first word, nouns should be the first topic when you study a foreign language. 1. For the plural form of most nouns, add s. bottle – bottles cup – cups pencil – pencils desk – desks sticker – stickers window – windows 2. For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es. box – boxes watch – watches moss – mosses bus – buses 3. For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es. wolf – wolves wife – wives leaf – leaves life – lives 4. Some nouns have different plural forms. child – children woman – women man – men mouse – mice goose – geese 5. Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules. baby – babies toy – toys kidney – kidneys potato – potatoes memo – memos stereo – stereos 6. A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms. sheep – sheep deer – deer series – series species – species QUIZ Choose the correct form of the noun in each sentence. 1) I have three (child, children). 2) There are five (man, men) and one (woman, women). 3) (Baby, Babies) play with bottles as toys. 4) I put two big (potato, potatoes) in the lunch box. 5) A few men wear (watch, watches). 6) I put a (memo, memos) on the desk. 7) I saw a (mouse, mice) running by. 8) There are few (bus, buses) on the road today. OEES.
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