Rule 7：If ended with an“f”or “fe”,change “f”or “fe”into “v”and then add“es”
E.g.: leaf-leaves knife-knives Ecxeption:roof-roofs chief-chiefs gulf-gulfs
Difficult points:
Grasp the usage of how to use a noun.
1.Meaning of a noun
It is an abstractive concept that has a real meaning, using to descrbe the names of people、things、 place、time and so on, such as Ben，cat，pen， London，Sunday，boy，office，idea，book， mile.
add an“s”to the end. E.g.:toy-toys boy-boys play-plays
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Part II: Rule of the plural forms of nouns.
Rule 5：If ended with “s”，“x”，“z”， “sh”，“ch”，add “es”to the end.
E.g.:bus-buses class-classes bench-benches, dish-dishes box-boxes buzz-buzzes.
Rule 6：If ended with an“o”and it is animate, add “es”to the end.
E.g.:hero-heroes tomato-tomatoes, potato-potatoes negro-negroes
tiger( ) friend( ) student( ) water( )
air( ) wine( ) apple( ) chair( )
teacher( ) desk( ) chicken( ) people( )
Part II: Rules of the plural forms of nouns.
2.The types of nouns.
1.Uncountable nouns：nouns that can't be described in numbers,such as water、air、meat and so on.
2.Countable nouns：nouns that can be described in numbers,such as friend、building、table、student and so on.
Part II: Rule of the plural forms of nouns. 1.Regular changes .
Rule 6：If ended with an“o”and it is not animate, add an“s”to the end.
E.g.: piano-pianos tobacco-tobaccos photo-photos zoo-zoos
Part of speech-nouns
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Part I: Teaching aims and key points Teaching aims:
Grasp the concept 、meaning and theusage of nouns.
Key points:
Grasp the plural forms of a noun.
Practice:
Judge and tell whether the following words given below are uncountable or countable nouns. Use “C”to stand for countable noun and “U”to uncountable ones.
Practice: Judge whether the following words given below are nouns. If it is, write a T down in the bracket hehind the word; if not,choose F.
tiger( ) run( ) bad( ) teacher( ) friend( ) eat( ) right( ) very( ) beautiful( ) thought( ) water( )
Practice: Judge the properties of the nouns below first and then change them into the plural forms.
photo ________diary ______day________ book_______ dress ________sheep ______ box_______ strawberry _____thief _______ peach______ sandwich ______paper_______ juice________water________ milk________ rice_________ tea________monkey ________ boy _______duck _____ house_________ bus ________lady_______ sheep _________
E.g.:cake-cakes apple-apples circle-circles.
Part II: Rule of the plural forms of nouns.
Rule 3：If ended with a consonant letter and “y”,
change “y”into “i”and then add“es”. E.g.:city-cities story-stories family-families Rule 4：If ended with a vowel letter and “y”,
Rule 1：Usually, add an“s”to the end of a noun. E.g.:pen-pens month-months day-days, boy-boys week-weeks German-Germans
Rule 2：If ended with a silent “e”,add an “s”to the end of a noun。