Language Arts

Grammar Practice

Nouns are words that name a person, place, or thing.
The word father names a person. It is a noun.
The word country names a place. It is a noun.
The word door names a thing. It is a noun.

Nouns are words that name a person, place, or thing.

Person    Place       Thing
child       school     book
teacher   city         plant
friend      store      animal

A singular noun names one person, place, or thing.
A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing.
Add the letter s to form the plural of most nouns.

Singular      Plural
girl             girls
store          stores
shoe           shoes

Add the letters es to form the plural of nouns that
end in s, ch, sh, x, or z.

Singular     Plural
dress         dresses
coach        coaches
wish          wishes
tax            taxes
waltz         waltzes

To make the plural form of nouns that end in a consonant
and y, change the y to i and add es.

Singular      Plural
penny         pennies
berry          berries

Some nouns have special spellings in the plural form.
They are called irregular plurals. You must practice these
nouns and remember how to spell them.

Singular    Irregular Plural
child         children
foot          feet
goose       geese
man         men
mouse      mice
ox            oxen
tooth        teeth
woman     women

 

 

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