ESL Helpful Handouts-Nouns

ESL Helpful Handouts-Nouns

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  ESL Helpful Handouts Page 1 of 5 Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes To make the plural form of most nouns, add s to the end of the word. cup = cups snake = snakes . ski = skis (I am taking my new skis pair of skis to the to the mountains next weekend.) Add es to the end of a noun that ends in s, x, z, ch, sh. box = boxes waltz = waltzes match = matches brush = brushes This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5.
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  ESL Helpful Handouts Page 2 of 5 Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes When a noun ends in a consonant and y, drop the y and add ies. city = cities Add s to some nouns that end in o . kangaroo = kangaroos Add es to some words that end in o. tomato = tomatoes Some words that end in o form the plural by adding either s or es to the end of the word. • Ato tornado = tornados tornado = tornadoes This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5.
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  ESL Helpful Handouts Page 3 of 5 Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes Some nouns that end Some nouns that end in f or fe, drop f or fe in f add s to form the and add ves. plural. loaf = loaves belief = beliefs thief = thieves cliff = cliffs Some nouns have irregular plural forms without s. man - men woman - women child - children goose - geese louse - lice mouse - mice ox - oxen This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5.
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  ESL Helpful Handouts Page 4 of 5 Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes one shrimp two shrimp Some nouns have the same singular and plural form. one series two series Nouns borrowed from other languages such as Latin or Greek, have foreign plural forms. cactus = cacti datum = data index = indices medium = media stimulus = stimuli This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5.
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  ESL Helpful Handouts Page 5 of 5 Nouns A Review Of Plural Spelling Changes Write the plural noun in the blank. 1. (cup) Over half the adults in the United states drink at least two _______________ of coffee a day. 2. (kangaroo) _______________ are native to Australia. 3. (snake) The first time that I ever saw rattle _______________ was in Florida. 4. (thief) People who steal are called _______________. 5. (ski) Mike is taking his new ________________ to Colorado next month. 6. (series) A series is a group of similar things. Several groups are also called _______________. 7. (tornado) Some storms, including _______________ , cannot be forecast accurately. 8. (belief) Those politicians held different ________________ on the subject of the economy. 9. (box) Ellen received four _______________ of chocolate on Valentine’s Day. 10. (cliff) The bay is surrounded by towering _______________. 11. (child) This project encourages school ______________ to study science. 12. (waltz) I had hoped that she would save the last ________________ for me. 13. (louse) You can buy a lotion at the pharmacy that treat head _______________. 14. (match) ________________ catch fire by friction. 15. (brush) My grandfather liked to lather his beard with shaving _______________. 16. (city) I have visited all of the capitol ________________ of the countries in the European Union. 17. (tomato) Chop the _______________ into bite size pieces before you add them to the salad. 18. (loaf) How many _______________ of bread did you buy? 19. (stimulus) The optical illusions showed how the brain reacts to visual ________________. 20. (shrimp) The jumbo shrimp platter comes with 12 fried _______________ and 2 vegetables. Image Acknowledgements: Salvatore Vuono, Karen Shaw, Tony Dowson, Adam Hickmot, Suat Eman, Mark Truman, Felixo, Inc., Meiklejohn, Pixomar, George Stojkovie, Simon Howden, m-bartocsh. This page has been downloaded from http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. All Images: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.com. Image Acknowledgments: See page 5.