hi i'm ashley and this is mia
in this lesson we will learn more about plural nouns you ready let's go
so you already know that a noun names a person place or thing like girl house or hat
girl house and hat are singular nouns because there's only one girl one house and one hat
and you also know that plural nouns refer to more than one person place or thing many nouns
become plural by just adding s like girls houses or hats when we only need to add an
s to a noun to make it plural we call it a regular plural noun
there are also irregular plural nouns remember these are nouns that become plural by doing
something other than just adding s we learned that when words end with s x s-h and c-h we add e-s
to make them plural these irregular plural nouns are words like glasses taxes brushes and peaches
there are some other types of irregular plural nouns
nouns that end with a y that has a consonant just before it have a special rule
you can change the y to an i and add e s so baby becomes babies and lady becomes ladies and the
plural form of city is cities notice that in each word we changed the y to an i and then added e s
let's practice what we just learned the word family is a singular noun
that ends with the letter y the letter just before the y is an l and l is a consonant so
if we are talking about more than one family we write families we change the y to an i and add
e s what about the word daisy daisy ends with a y and the consonant s comes just before the y
that means the plural form of daisy is daisies remember change that y to i and add e s
there is a similar rule for nouns that end with f for most nouns ending with the letter f
we change the f to a v and add e s this rule applies to singular nouns like elf leaf and wolf
to make them plural we change the f to v and add e s so the plural form
of elf is elves the plural form of leaf is leaves and the plural form of wolf
is wolves you see that we change the f to v and add e s
let's practice what we just learned the word loaf is a singular noun that ends with the letter
f if i have more than one loaf of bread then i have loaves we change the f to a v and add e s
what about the word scarf scarf ends with f so the plural form of scarf is scarves ending with v e s
it's time for you to try it how do we form the plural of berry
well it ends with a y and the consonant r right before the y so that means the
plural form of berry is berries ending with ies let's look at the word day
how do we write the plural form of a day do you notice there is an a right before the y
a is a vowel not a consonant so day is a regular plural by just adding s at the end to make days
okay last one what is the plural form of calf if you said calves ending with v-e-s you are correct
in this lesson we reviewed regular plural nouns when we just add s to make them plural
and irregular plural nouns when we do something other than just adding s we learned that nouns
ending with a y that has a consonant just before it become plural by changing the y
to i and adding e s similarly most nouns that end with f become plural by changing the f to a v
and adding e s that is a whole lot to remember and of course also remember to always be clever