Week 3

Read and study the words taken from

the poem.
Group A Group B
Monkey Minds
Lion Things
Elephant Animals
Giraffe Rules
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What have you noticed about the last
letter of the words in group B? What
about those in group A?
Group A Group B
Monkey Minds
Lion Things
Elephant Animals
Giraffe Rules
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Which group refers to only one name
of place, people, thing or animal?
Group A Group B
Monkey Minds
Lion Things
Elephant Animals
Giraffe Rules
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Which group of places, people, things
or animals refers to more than one in
number?
Group A Group B
Monkey Minds
Lion Things
Elephant Animals
Giraffe Rules
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Nouns that refer to just one in
number are called singular
nouns. On the other hand, nouns
that refer to more than one in
number are called plural nouns.
Examples:
Singular Nouns Plural Nouns
animal animals
monkey monkeys

How are you going to change

the nouns lion, elephant, giraffe
and teacher to their plural forms?
Here are the rules to guide you in
changing nouns to plural form.
1. We add s to the end of the noun to
form its plural
Examples:
bird birds
teacher - teachers
elephant - elephants
giraffe giraffes
snake - snakes
lion lions
2. We add es to nouns that end
in s, sh, x, ch, and z
Examples:
fox- foxes
bus - buses
3. For nouns ending in y
preceded by a consonant, we
change y to i and ad es
Examples:
dragonfly dragonflies
firefly fireflies
4. For nouns ending in o, we add s
or es
Examples:
kangaroo kangaroos
potato potatoes
gecko geckos
tomato tomatoes
some nouns ending in o may be
added with s or es like mango-
mangoes, mangos and volcano
volcanoes, volcano
5. Some nouns change their spelling
to form their plural. We call them
irregular nouns.
Examples:
man men foot - feet
woman women louse - lice
child children tooth - teeth
mouse mice ox - oxen
goose geese
diagnosis - diagnoses
Give the plural for of the singular noun in
parentheses to complete the sentence.
(Child) 1. All the __________enjoyed the trip
to the zoo.
(camera) 2. The pupils were told not to use
the flash of their ______ when taking
pictures.
(butterfly) 3. Three_______ landed on my
classmates shoulders.
(pony) 4. There were _________ that you can
ride at the zoo.
( mouse) 5. We saw ten white ______ playing in
their cage.
(banana) 6. The playful monkeys were given
large ripe yellow ________ for their snack.
(bench) 7. Our tour guides told us to wait by the
__________
(cockatoo) 8. We took pictures of the colorful
_______
(fish) 9. One thing that we missed at the zoo
were the different ______
(zoo) 10. We would like to visit other _____ next
time.
Complete the butterfly wings. Write the plural
form of the given noun on the right wing. Then
color and put designs on the butterfly wings.
Complete the butterfly