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What are nouns?
A noun can be
a person an animal a place a thing
Let's do a N OU N SEAR C H !
Circle the noun(s) in each sentence. Then circle the correct picture to go
with each sentence.
1. The cat is playing with a ball of yarn.
2. The hamster looks really happy.
3. I saw a lion at the zoo.
4. Mom drives her car slowly.
5. The flowers are pink and yellow.
6. We have 3 pencils and an eraser.
7. Oh no, my sister missed the bus!
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Sort out nouns!
Sort the following items by placing them in the right boxes.
Nouns puppy ruler restaurant bird
to be
sorted park brother grandfather hedgehog
bike tree beach teacher
People Animals
Places Things
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Singular or Plural? (PART 1)
There are countable and uncountable nouns.
Only countable nouns have singular and plural forms.
pear pears
ULES Add 's' to most nouns: Add 'es' to nouns that end
R with -s, -sh, -ch, --x or -z:
cat-> cats
box-> boxes
For nouns ending with a 'y' For nouns ending with a 'y'
with a consonant before the with a vowel before the 'y',
'y', change the 'y' to 'ies': simply add 's':
strawberry-> strawberries key-> keys
Change the following nouns to plural.
1. flower 6. ruler
2. van 7. candy
3. beach 8. fox
4. dress 9. egg
5. monkey 10. cherry
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Singular or Plural? (PART 2)
For nouns ending with -f or -fe, For SOME nouns ending with
change them to 'ves': 'o', add 'es':
leaf-> leaves tomato-> tomatoes
Some nouns do not Some nouns change spelling:
change at all: tooth-> teeth
deer-> deer
Change the following nouns to plural.
1. flower 6. knife
2. scarf 7. child
3. foot 8. potato
4. wolf 9. sheep
5. mouse 10. ox
Compound Nouns!
Guess the words using the given pictures.