Grammar: ✨ Grammar F: 🧩 Parts of Speech - Basics (A1) - Lesson 4: Plural Nouns - Adding '-es'

Grammar: Parts of Speech A1 Lesson 4: Plural Nouns (Adding '-es') What you will learn: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to make nouns plural by adding -es to words with a hissing or buzzing sound at the end. The Grammar Rule 📖 In our last lesson, we learned to add '-s'. Today, we learn a special rule. When a singular noun ends with one of these letters or sounds, we add -es to make it plural. The '-es' Rule If a word ends in... -s -sh -ch -x -z ...we add -es to make it plural. Singular (ends in...) Plural (add -es) one bus (-s) two buses a dish (-sh) many dishes a watch (-ch) four watches a box (-x) some boxes 💡 Pro Tip: Pronunciation The '-es' ending adds a new syllable to the word. It sounds like "iz". For example, "bus" has one syllable. "Bus-es" (bus-iz) has two syllables. This makes the plural words easier to say! Practice Your Grammar 🎯 Exercise 1: Make it Plural Change the singular noun into a plural noun by adding '-es&…