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Plurals

Plurals. A noun that names more than one person, place, thing, or idea. Usually ends in “s” Tables Trees Books. Plurals…. Nouns that end in “y” Rule: Change “ i ” to y and add “ es ” Baby…babies. Nouns that end in s, z, ch , sh , x RULE: Add – es Box…boxes Church…churches.

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Plurals

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  1. Plurals • A noun that names more than one person, place, thing, or idea. • Usually ends in “s” • Tables • Trees • Books

  2. Plurals… Nouns that end in “y” Rule: Change “i” to y and add “es” Baby…babies • Nouns that end in s, z, ch, sh, x • RULE: Add –es • Box…boxes • Church…churches

  3. Words that show ownership are called possessive nouns. A noun is possessive if a phrase can be changed to say that an item or idea belongs to someone else. Example:The paintbrush that belonged to the artist was lost. The artist’s paintbrush was lost.

  4. Rule To show the possessive of singular nouns add 's. Examples:  NacoshaNacosha’s jacket Derrick Derrick’s recipe Jake Jake’s hat the teacher the teacher’s pencil

  5. Possessive Nouns Rules 1-2 Rules • To show possession of singular nouns add 's. • To show possession of plural nouns ending in s add an apostrophe (').Examples:runners => runners' shoes cows => cows' meal trees => trees' apples

  6. What are pronouns? Pronouns take the place of nouns. The word or phrase replaced by a pronoun is called an antecedent.

  7. Pronouns Subject: I, you, he, she, it we, they, who Object: Me, you, him, her, it, us, them, whom Possessive: My, mine Your, yours, His, his Her, hers Its, its Our, ours Their, theirs

  8. Newspaper Search… PluralsPossessivePronouns

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