Write the singular forms of the following plurals : Write the plural forms of the following: What is added to the singular of each of these words to form the plural ? Write the singular form of each of the following: Lasses, topazes, wishes, witches, boxes. Write the plural form of each of the following: Blush, tax, adz, watch, loss. What is added to the singular of each of these nouns to form the plural ? (2) Most plurals of nouns are formed by adding s to the singular. Some words add es to form the plural because in these words the s alone could not be sounded. Add s to Miss, lash, latch, box, fez and try to pronounce them. You cannot do it because a sound like that of 8 is in the ending of each of these words. What are the plurals of each of these words? How are they formed? Notice that the words end in s, sh, ch, x, or z. Make a rule for the plurals of words with these endings. Find as many words as you can that form their plurals in this way and write them in a list. (3) The plurals of some words are formed in still other ways. With what letter do the singular forms all end? How are the plurals formed? Notice the following: These nouns also end in y.. How are their plurals formed? Words ending in y after a consonant form the plural by dropping y and adding ies. All other words ending in y form the plural in the regular way by adding s. Find five other nouns ending in y after a vowel, and write both their singular and their plural forms. Find five other nouns ending in y after a consonant, and write both their singular and their plural forms. (4) Write the singular forms of : leaves, shelves, thieves. These nouns in f or fe change f or fe to ves to form the What are the plurals of: foot, tooth, man, woman, ox, goose, child, mouse, louse? These nouns have irregular plurals, and must simply be remembered. Write sentences using the plurals of each of the above nouns. Most nouns ending in o after a consonant form the plural by adding es. A few adds to form the plural. These are mostly musical terms, as piano, solo, alto. Find as many as you can and write them in sentences. Other words ending in o form the plural regularly, as : Some nouns have the singular and the plural alike. Write sentences using each of the above nouns as plural. (8) Some nouns have two plurals, usually with different meanings, as : brother penny fish cloth die { genius dies (stamps). dice (cubes used in games). [geniuses (men of genius). genii (imaginary beings). Write sentences using the plural forms of each of Letters and figures form the plural by adding 's. Write five sentences using letters and figures in the plural. For further exercises, turn to the story of "Susano" (p. 15), and tell how the plural of each noun is formed. (10) Review How many kinds of sentences do you find in the story of "Susano.” Copy one of each, properly punctuated. Name the subject and the predicate of each one copied. The cargo of our boat was a medley strange enough to have made a good museum for the late Mr. Barnum. There were Mr. Hicker, Mr. Hicker's wife, and their three daughters, the Misses Hicker. Then there were the Misses Hicker's parrots and the parrots' cages. There were Mrs. Hicker's brother-in-law and sister-in-law and cousins, the brother-in-law's five trunks and two dogs, each with a basket to sleep in, and a separate package of dogs' food, the sister-in-law's two children, the sister-in-law's children's cats, the sister-in-law's children's cats' rugs and milk bottles, not to mention footmen and maids with their belongings, and the countless unnecessary articles so dear to the |