1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE
2 LEARN GRAMMAR
3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN
Use Nouns
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.
| Idea | I want to travel to another time. |
| Person | My friend wants to travel, too. |
| Thing | She wants to see the first telephone. |
| Place | I want to go to the hospital where I was born! |
• A singular noun names one idea, person, thing, place.
EXAMPLES time, friend, telephone, hospital • A plural noun names more than one idea, person, thing, place.
• To make most nouns plural, add -s.
EXAMPLES times, friends, hospitals, telephones • If the noun ends in s, z, sh, ch, or x, add -es.
EXAMPLES classes, buzzes, dishes, boxes
Say each example word. Listen to how the sound at the end is different for each plural.
Practice Together
Tell if the noun in the box names a person, place, thing, or idea. Say the plural form of the noun. Then say the sentence, and add the plural noun.
| 1. | friend | My _____ and I made a model of a time machine. |
| 2. | box | We used _____ to make the main structure. |
| 3. | junkyard | We found parts at different _____. |
| 4. | bench | There are even three _____ to sit on. |
| 5. | inch | Our time machine is 84 _____ tall! |
We all have different ideas about how a time machine would look.
Try It!
Tell if the noun in the box names a person, place, thing, or idea. Write the plural form of the noun on a card. Then write the sentence, and add the plural noun.
| 6. | year | We wish we could go to different _____. |
| 7. | bench | What will parks and _____ look like in 3000? |
| 8. | car | What will _____ use for fuel? |
| 9. | parent | What were our _____ like when they were young? |
| 10. | dream | We will never know, but we have our _____! |