Plural NounsCaitlin Brantley

• Content Area – English• Grade Level – Kindergarten • Summary – The purpose of this instructional

PowerPoint is to teach students how to form regular plural nouns.

• Learning Objective – The student will be able to orally form regular nouns with 100% accuracy.

• Content Standard – 1.c. Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/.

• Accomplishment – 1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

NounsWhat is a noun?

It is a person, place, or thing.

PluralWhen something is plural it means there are more than one. There are multiples.

Singular Plural

Book Books

How to make a word plural• To make a word plural add the letter “S:” to the end of the word.

• If we want to talk about more than one book we need to add “s”...

Book + S = BooksNow you have more than one book!

Plural NounsSingular

CarDog

DolphinChairBlockCat

PluralCarsDogs

DolphinsChairsBlocksCats

Now let’s play a game!The Plural Girls

Twin sisters Pearl and Flora lost their friends in the bubble

machine. Help them get their friends out by choosing the

correct plural form of the given word.

Plural Nouns with “ES”Some plural nouns need more than

just an “s”.If a noun ends in CH, SH, S or X we need to add “ES” to make the word

plural. If we want to talk about more than one

box we need to add “ES”... Box Boxes

Plural Nouns with “ES”

SingularFoxDish

PeachLunchBus

Dress

PluralFoxesDishes

PeachesLunchesBuses

Dresses

Another game for practice!

Add “S” or “ES”Singular

CowArchPillowCrossShirt

Bench

PluralCow__Arch__Pillow__Cross__Shirt__

Bench__

S

ESESESS

S

Directions: Move either “S” or “ES” to the correct noun to make it plural.

Now, On your sheet of paper...• Write down the

plural forms of these words:– Dog– Cat– Bush– School– Church– Farm– Hat– Shoe

• For 3 minutes you will work on your own.

• Then, you will Work with your neighbor.

Lastly...• Get with your neighbor once again

and click here.• For this assignment work together to

fill in the blank with the correct form of the plural noun.

• When finished, let the teacher know so she can come view your work.

PLURALSINGULAR

NOUNS NOUNS NOUNS

Now Let’s review!• Today we reviewed what a noun is.• Then we learned – what plural means– How to make a regular noun plural using

S and ES• We also completed 4 interactive

activities• We now know how to make plural

nouns!