ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel TutoringHour Singular and Plural Nouns | Learn the Rules to Make Plurals
Hello and welcome to a magical lesson on plurals! Today, we are going to learn how to change words from one to many with the help of Aaron the Magician. Get ready for some fun tricks!
Aaron starts with his first trick. To make most words plural, you just add an -s at the end. Let’s try it! If you have one egg, add an -s, and now you have eggs. One flower becomes flowers. Easy, right?
Next, Aaron shows us another trick. If a word ends with ch, sh, s, x, or z, you add -es instead of just -s. So, bus becomes buses, glass turns into glasses, watch changes to watches, bush becomes bushes, and box becomes boxes. But watch out! If -ch sounds like a -k, like in the word “stomach,” you just add -s. And for words like quiz, you double the -z before adding -es, making it quizzes.
Now, Aaron shows us a cool trick with words ending in -y. If there’s a consonant before the -y, change the -y to -i and add -es. For example, cherry becomes cherries, and puppy becomes puppies. But if there’s a vowel before the -y, like in toy, you just add -s. So, toy becomes toys, and key becomes keys.
Here’s another magical rule! If a word ends in -f or -fe, change it to -v and add -es. Knife becomes knives, and leaf turns into leaves. But remember, some words like roof, chef, and giraffe just take an -s. And if a word ends in -ff, like cliff, you simply add -s to make cliffs.
For words ending in -o, Aaron has another trick. If there’s a vowel before the -o, add -s. Radio becomes radios, and stereo becomes stereos. But if there’s a consonant before the -o, add -es. So, potato becomes potatoes, tomato turns into tomatoes, and mango becomes mangoes. Watch out for exceptions like zero, piano, photo, and taco, which just take an -s.
Now that you’ve learned these magical rules, it’s your turn to practice! You can visit tutoringhour.com for more fun exercises. If you enjoyed this lesson, give it a thumbs up and share it with your friends. Thanks for joining Aaron the Magician on this magical journey of plurals!
Plural Scavenger Hunt: Go on a scavenger hunt around your home or classroom! Find five objects and write down their names. Then, use the rules you learned to change each word to its plural form. Share your list with a friend or family member and see if they can find the same objects.
Magic Plural Cards: Create your own set of magic plural cards. On one side of an index card, write a singular noun. On the other side, write its plural form using the rules you learned. Make a deck of at least ten cards. Use these cards to quiz a friend or family member, or practice by yourself to see how many you can get right!
Story Time with Plurals: Write a short story using at least five singular nouns and their plural forms. For example, you could write about a day at the zoo, mentioning one lion and then many lions, or a single leaf that turns into a pile of leaves. Share your story with the class or a family member and see if they can spot all the plurals!
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Hello and welcome to Tutoring Hour! In this video, we will learn some rules for making plurals. Aaron the Magician has mastered the art of changing things from one to many. He is here with us today to share some of his famous tricks.
He waves his wand, and the first rule appears: Add an –s to the end to change from one to many. Let’s try that with these items: an egg and a flower. Let’s add the –s. Woo-hoo! We have a carton of eggs and a bouquet of flowers.
Now, Aaron has the next trick. The rule states that if a word ends in ch, sh, s, x, or z, then you add an –es. Let’s apply this to the words bus, glass, watch, bush, and box. And there we have buses, glasses, watches, bushes, and boxes. However, when –ch sounds like a –k, as in stomach, you add an –s instead of –es. Sometimes you need to double the –z before adding –es. For example, quiz becomes quizzes.
Aaron swipes his wand again, and here comes another trick. If a word ends in a consonant followed by -y, change the -y to -i and add –es. The word cherry has the consonant –r before the –y, so we change the –y to –i and add –es. Now we have berry becoming berries, and puppy becoming puppies.
But what about the word toy? When there’s a vowel before the –y, you simply add an –s. So toy becomes toys, and key turns into keys.
Aaron waves his wand again, and a new trick appears. If a word ends in –f or –fe, change it to –v and add –es. For example, knife becomes knives, and leaf becomes leaves. But don’t try this with roof, chef, or giraffe, as they take an –s. When you have -ff at the end, an –s is just fine. For instance, cliff becomes cliffs.
Aaron waves his wand again, and now we have our next rule. If a word ends with a vowel followed by –o, add an –s. So radio becomes radios, and stereo becomes stereos. However, if there’s a consonant before the –o, you add –es. We have potatoes, tomatoes, and mangoes. There are some exceptions, though: zero, piano, photo, and taco take –s and not –es.
This brings us to the end of our video. Now, it’s your turn! If you want to practice these rules, then tutoringhour.com is the place to be. If you enjoyed the video, please give us a thumbs up! And if you haven’t subscribed to our channel yet, do that right now! Thanks for watching Tutoring Hour!
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