NOUNS

What are nouns?

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By: MIss Florencia

Nouns

A noun is a word that names a person, an animal, a place or a thing.

Here are more examples:

PLACEschoolbank mall

THINGphone car bottle

PEOPLEmomboy friend

ANIMALSbutterflyguinea pig tiger

What other examples can you give?

The first way to transform a noun into plural is adding -s to the noun

frogscars trees students

The second way is adding -es if the word ends in s, ss,sh,ch and x

dishestomatoes potatoes

busesfoxes

classeschurches

And the third way is changing the -y for -ies

penny penniesberry berries family families city cities

There are irregular nouns

womanwomen

childchildren

manmen

person people

There are irregular nouns

toothteeth

foot feet

goosegeese

mouse mice

There are irregular nouns

ox oxen

cactus cacti

wolf wolves

leafleaves

There are irregular nouns

elf elves

wife wives

knifeknives

deer fish shrimp

Some nouns stay the same

buffalo sheep

Nouns are everywhere!