Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Famous Signature
Forming Plural Nouns
Nouns

Follow the rules below to form plural nouns.

✵ For most nouns, add -s.

Examples: student—students, tree—trees, river—rivers

✵ For nouns that end in -s, -x, -ch, -sh, or -zz, add -es.

Examples: guess—guesses, box—boxes, church—churches, bush—bushes, buzz—buzzes

✵ For nouns that end with a vowel and -y, add -s.

Examples: day—days, toy—toys, turkey—turkeys

✵ For nouns that end with a consonant and -y, change the -y to -i and add -es.

Examples: country—countries, puppy—puppies

✵ For some nouns that end in -f or -fe, change the -f to -v and add -s. For some change the -f to -v and add -es. For some others, only add -s.

Examples: wife—wives, calf—calves, chief—chiefs

✵ For nouns that end with a vowel and -o, add -s.

Examples: radio—radios, video—videos

✵ For most nouns that end with a consonant and -o, add -es. For some, add -s.

Examples: tomato—tomatoes, hero—heroes, silo—silos

2.5 Famous Signature

This man was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. Who was he?

To answer the question, match each singular noun with its plural form. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its line number at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words.