Lesson

Singular and Plural Nouns

1. Grammar Introduction
A. Common and Proper Nouns
Common
Noun

boy
city

amusement park
book

Nouns are names for people, animals, places and things.

Most nouns are common nouns.

Proper
Noun

John
Paris

Disneyland
Charlotte's Web

Proper nouns are specific names.

They always begin with capital letters.

Circle the proper noun, check the common noun and write.
Common Noun

Proper Noun

1 Harry is a boy.

boy
............................................

Harry
...........................................

2 Tokyo is a city.

............................................

...........................................

3 Charlotte's Web is a book.

............................................

...........................................

4 Harvard is a school.

............................................

...........................................

5 The Nile is a river.

............................................

...........................................

B. Singular and Plural Nouns

Singular
cat
horse

Plural
cats
horses

~es

box
bus
bench
dish

boxes
buses
benches
dishes

End of noun: -ch, -sh, -s, -x

Plural form: add -es

~ies

baby
country

babies
countries

End of noun: consonant + -y

Plural form: change y to i and add -es

child
foot

children
feet

No specific rules

~s

Irregular

Common irregular plural nouns:

man - men
person - people

foot - feet

Singular means one. Plural means two or more.

To make most nouns plural, add -s to the singular form.

tooth - teeth

mouse - mice

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Write the plural form.

1 forest

forests
......................................................

5 fox

......................................................

2 child

......................................................

6 tooth

......................................................

3 country

......................................................

7 story

......................................................

4 bus

......................................................

8 foot

......................................................

Write the singular form.

1

computer
.................................................

computers

.................................................

bookcases

.................................................

kisses

.................................................

women

.................................................

programs

.................................................

ladies

C. A or An
a

a pen
a radio
a small umbrella

an

an orange
an egg
an interesting book

Use a or an with nouns. It means 'one' thing.

Put a before a consonant.
Put an before a vowel.

Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z
Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Write a or an.
a
1 John is reading ........................
comic book.
2 We have ........................ wonderful idea.
3 Jennifer is ........................ English name.
4 I have ........................ uncle in America.
5 Wow! That is ........................ big octopus.
6 Amy has ........................ large umbrella.

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2. Grammar Practice
A Choose and write.
Common Noun

Proper Noun

Others

friends
..............................................

Mary
..............................................

11

pretty
..............................................

..............................................

..............................................

12

..............................................

..............................................

..............................................

13

..............................................

..............................................

..............................................

14

..............................................

..............................................

10

..............................................

15

..............................................

friends
make

Golden Gate Park

Stanford University

B Write a or an. Write

pretty
children

teacher
fast

Mary
mother

Mr. Brown
jar
before
go
Empire State Building

if a or an is not needed.

1 A: What do .......................... elephants have?

B: They have .......................... large ears.

2 A: There is .......................... bike outside. Is it your bike, Cindy?

B: Yes, it is. It is .......................... new bike.

3 A: Are there .......................... apples on the table?

B: Yes, there are. And here is .......................... orange.

4 A: Do you have .......................... pets?

B: Yes, I do. I have .......................... dog and .......................... two rabbits.

5 A: How many legs does .......................... octopus have?

B: It has .......................... eight legs.

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C Check and correct the mistake.

1 This is a octopus and that is a crab.

an
................................................

2 There are three man in the room.

................................................

3 Wow! This is an big egg.

................................................

4 This is john. He is a new student.

................................................

5 There are many trees in the Park.

................................................

6 We need a table and a chairs.

................................................

D Write the plural forms.

Mammals are warm-blooded

animals Mammals live both on land and in

___________.
animal

water. Some ____________, like _______ and

mammal

tiger

_______, eat meat. They hunt other animals for food.

fox

Some other mammals, like hedgehogs and _______,

bat

eat _________. Other mammals, like ________ and

insect

cow

_______, eat ________. And mammals, like _______

rabbit

plant

bear

and rats, eat both plants and meat.

3. Grammar Summary
Nouns

A or An

Common
Noun

Proper
Noun

Singular
Noun

Plural
Noun

an

country
boy
teacher

France
Harry
Mr. Brown

school
bench
child

schools
benches
children

a teacher
a bike
a lemon

an apple
an egg
an igloo

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