Thursday, August 24, 2017

Singular and Plural Nouns Flashcards

Hello, dear fellow teachers! Teaching grammar is always a challenge for educators especially when working with young learners. One of the first grammar topic they face on this stage is singular and plural nouns. I would like to present you my new set of flashcards featuring singular and plural nouns. This set consists of 132 flashcard pairs of which 66 picture cards feature singular nouns and other 66 picture cards feature plural nouns.


All the flashcards are divided into several groups.You can see some examples of these flashcards below.

1. The first group of flashcards includes 42 pairs of words which make the plural by adding -s. These are flashcards featuring farm and wild animals, toys, objects, food, and clothes.

There are the following pairs of words:
Farm animals: cat - cats, dog - dogs, cow - cows, pig - pigs, hen - hens, rabbit - rabbits.
Forest animals: bear - bears, squirrel - squirrels, snail - snails, snake - snakes, raccoon - raccoons, bee - bees.
Zoo animals: tiger - tigers, zebra - zebras, elephant - elephants, lion - lions, koala - koalas, kangaroo - kangaroos.
Toys: ball - balls, doll - dolls, bike - bikes, balloon - balloons, car - cars, robot - robots.
Objects: pencil - pencils, bag - bags, book - books, sofa - sofas, chair - chairs, cup - cups.
Food: apple - apples, plum - plums, banana - bananas, carrot - carrots, cucumber - cucumbers, pumpkin - pumpkins.
Clothes: shirt - shirts, jacket - jackets, mitten - mittens, hat - hats, shoe - shoes, umbrella - umbrellas.

singular plural noun flashcards, farm animals
Cat - cats, dog - dogs, cow - cows

singular plural noun flashcards, farm animals flashcards
Lion - lions, koala - koalas, kangaroo - kangaroos

plural noun flashcards, toys flashcards
Ball - balls, doll - dolls, bike - bikes

singular plural noun picture flashcards, food flashcards
Apple - apples, plum - plums, banana - bananas







singular and plural noun picture cards
Hat - hats, shoe - shoes, umbrella - umbrellas

2. The second group of flashcards includes the words that end with -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o and make the plural by adding -es.

There are the following pairs of words:
-s, -ss: bus - buses, walrus - walruses, octopus - octopuses, dress - dresses, glass - glasses, princess - princesses.
-sh, -x: brush - brushes, bush - bushes, dish - dishes, radish - radishes, fox - foxes, box - boxes.
-ch: watch - watches, bench - benches, peach - peaches, sandwich - sandwiches, bunch - bunches, ostrich - ostriches.
-o + -es: tomato - tomatoes, potato - potatoes, volcano - volcanoes, mosquito - mosquitoes, buffalo - buffaloes, mango - mangoes.
-o + -s: hippo - hippos, rhino - rhinos, piano - pianos, radio - radios, video - videos, photo - photos.
Words making plural by adding -s, but thanks to the previous consonants the ending sounds like [iz]: horse - horses, face - faces, house - houses, orange - oranges, cabbage - cabbages, bridge - bridges.

singular and plural noun flashcards
Bus - buses, walrus - walruses, octopus - octopuses

singular and plural noun picture flashcards
Radish - radishes, fox - foxes, box - boxes

singular plural nouns flashcards
Tomato - tomatoes, potato - potatoes, volcano - volcanoes

singular and plural nouns printable flash cards
Radio - radios, video - videos, photo - photos

Grammar flashcards for kids, singular vs plural nouns
Horse - horses, face - faces, house - houses

3. The third group of picture flashcards includes the words which end with -y.

There are the following pairs of words:
Vowel + -y + -s: donkey - donkeys, monkey - monkeys, turkey - turkeys, key - keys, boy - boys, toy - toys.
Consonant + y = -ies:
a) teddy - teddies, pony - ponies, puppy - puppies, bunny - bunnies, lady - ladies, daisy - daisies;
b) baby - babies, candy - candies, lorry - lorries, family - families, city - cities, cherry - cherries;
c) fly - flies, butterfly- butterflies, dragonfly - dragonflies, strawberry - strawberries, raspberry - raspberries, gooseberry - gooseberries.

Singular and plural nouns with pictures flashcards
Donkey - donkeys, monkey - monkeys, turkey - turkeys

esl flashcards with pictures, singular and plural
Teddy - teddies, pony - ponies, puppy - puppies

esl noun flashcards
Strawberry - strawberries, raspberry - raspberries, gooseberry - gooseberries

4. The fourth group of flashcards consists of words ending with -f.

There are the following pairs of words:
-f changes to - v + es: shelf - shelves, leaf - leaves, wolf - wolves, half - halves, calf - calves, knife - knives, elf - elves, scarf - scarves.
-f + -s: roof - roofs, cliff - cliffs, handkerchief - handkerchiefs, giraffe - giraffes.

Printable flashcards for kids learning English to practise singular and plural nouns
Shelf - shelves, leaf - leaves, wolf - wolves

Singular and plural ESL flashcards
Roof - roofs, scarf - scarfs, cliff - cliffs 

5. The last group of singular and plural noun flashcards includes the irregular forms of nouns.

There are the following pairs of words:
a) man - men, fireman - firemen, snowman - snowmen, woman - women, child - children, person - people;
b) goose - geese, tooth - teeth, foot - feet, mouse - mice, cactus - cacti, ox - oxen;
c) fish - fish, jellyfish - jellyfish, deer - deer, sheep - sheep, salmon - salmon, moose - moose.

irregular nouns flashcards
Man - men, fireman - firemen, snowman - snowmen


irregular plural nouns flashcards
Woman - women, child - children, person - people

irregular plurals flashcards
Goose - geese, tooth - teeth, foot - feet

Irregular plural noun flash cards
Fish - fish, jellyfish - jellyfish, deer - deer

I've also created a set of small cards with corresponding words. ESL teachers can use my picture cards and word cards to play such games as “What iss missing?” or “What are your favorite toys?” etc., or your students can match pictures with corresponding words.

plural noun flashcards
Single word flashcards to practice singular and plural nouns

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2 comments :

  1. the set of flash cards are really useful in teaching the rules of pluralization to my kids. Thank you .

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  2. amazing. thank you so much

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