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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