I. 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. Please participate by answer the quiz,..... — senang sekali .
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