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Language Arts - Parts of Speech - Nouns

Singular and Plural Nouns

Nouns are words that name persons, places, things, or ideas. Here are some examples: 



	tree		dog		fish		turtle

	store		forest		farm		city

	car		house		toy		speech

	honesty		thought		destiny		luck
Here are a few nouns used in sentences. (The nouns are underlined.) 

	The tree by the pond is very tall.

	Lots of people visit the museum every year.

	It was an interesting thought, but it wasn't very practical.
Nouns can be singular or they can be plural. Study these examples: 

	tree		trees

	dog		dogs

	mouse		mice

	goose		geese

	toy		toys

	box		boxes

	jelly		jellies

	kiss		kisses
Pluaralizing nouns can be tricky sometimes. There are several rules on how to pluralize nouns and there are some nouns which don't follow these rules. 

  ADD -S:  Many nouns can be pluralized simply by adding -s.
  EXAMPLES: nouns, verbs, birds, cans, books, shirts.

  ADD -ES: Nouns which end with sh, ch, x, and ss are pluralized by
           adding -es.
  EXAMPLES: churches, foxes, wishes, kisses, speeches, boxes.

  DROP Y, ADD -IES; Some nouns which end with y are pluralized by
	   dropping the y and adding -ies.
  EXAMPLES: flies, bunnies, stories, jellies, tries.
  DON'T DROP Y: plays, toys, keys.

  IRREGULAR: Some nouns don't follow rules.
  EXAMPLES: mouse-mice, goose-geese, tooth-teeth, foot-feet, man-men.
The process of changing a singular noun into a plural noun is called pluralization.

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