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PluralsYear 7 Spelling Starters
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Contents
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Adding -s and -es
Adding -ies and y + s
Words ending in o
Words ending in f and fe
Unusual plurals
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Plurals – Adding –s and -es
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Adding -s and -es
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To make plurals, often we just add -s.
book books
car cars
sweet sweets
Plurals like this are simple.
Can you think of any other ways to make plurals?
For example:
Adding -s
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Adding -s and -es
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-s, -x, -ch, -sh, -ss, -zz
We add -es to words with these endings:
For example: foxes, coaches, dishes
Adding -es
When do we add -es rather than -s?
Adding an extra syllable makes the plural forms of these words easier to say.
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Plurals – Adding –ies and y + s
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Adding -ies and y + s
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Activity
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Rules
consonant + y → consonant + ies
puppy → puppies
consonant + y → consonant + ies
Here are the rules for making plurals with words ending in y:
vowel + y → vowel + y + s
toy → toys
vowel + y → vowel + y + s
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medals
goals
trophies
penalties
footballs
injuries
Activity
Can you make the following words plural?
medal
goal
trophy
penalty
football
injury
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Plurals – Words ending in o
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Words ending in o
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Activity
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Plurals ending in o
What do you notice about the patterns of the words?
pianossolospiccoloscellosbanjosconcertosdiscos
Most plurals ending in o just add s, especially musicalwords. The words in the right hand column above are irregular, you need to learn them separately.
potatoesdominoesvolcanoesmangoesheroestomatoes
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Plurals – Words ending in f and fe
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Words ending in f and fe
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Some words ending in f just take an s:
chief chiefs
roof roofs
belief beliefs
Words ending in ff just add s:
cliff cliffs
sniff sniffs
Words ending in f and fe
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These words form the plural by changing the f to v and adding -es.
half halves
calf calves
shelf shelves
knife knives
Look what happens with these words:
Some words can use either spelling:E.g. hoof hoofs or hooves; dwarf dwarfs or dwarves.
Words ending in f and fe
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Activity
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Plurals – Unusual plurals
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Unusual plurals
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Unusual plurals
These words have kept the original plural form from Latin.
These animals all have unusual plurals.
For these words the singular is the same as the plural.
antenna antennaeformula formulaelarva larvae
goose geeselouse licemouse mice
deer deersheep sheep
The words below all have unusual plurals:
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Unusual plurals
crises
emphases
theses
cacti
nuclei
hippopotami or hippopotamuses
The words below have more unusual plurals:
crisis
emphasis
thesis
cactus
nucleus
hippopotamus
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Unusual plurals
What do you note about the words below? Clue: Think about the singular form.
scissors pyjamas knickers
trousers shorts trousers
binoculars tights jeans
They do not have a singular form.
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