Transcript Plurals

Plurals
Year 7 Spelling Starters
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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
Adding -s and -es
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Adding -s
To make plurals, often we just add -s.
For example:
book
books
car
cars
sweet
sweets
Plurals like this are simple.
Can you think of any other ways to make plurals?
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Adding -s and -es
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Adding -es
When do we add -es rather than -s?
We add -es to words with these endings:
-s, -x, -ch, -sh, -ss, -zz
For example: foxes, coaches, dishes
Adding an extra syllable makes the plural forms of these
words easier to say.
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Plurals – Adding –ies and y + s
Adding -ies and
y+s
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Rules
Here are the rules for making plurals with words ending in y:
vowel + y → vowel + y + s
toy → toys
vowel + y → vowel + y + s
consonant + y → consonant + ies
puppy → puppies
consonant + y → consonant + ies
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Can you make the following words plural?
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medal
medals
goal
goals
trophy
trophies
penalty
penalties
football
footballs
injury
injuries
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Plurals – Words ending in o
Words ending in o
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Plurals ending in o
What do you notice about the patterns of the words?
pianos
solos
piccolos
cellos
banjos
concertos
discos
potatoes
dominoes
volcanoes
mangoes
heroes
tomatoes
Most plurals ending in o just add s, especially musical
words. The words in the right hand column above are
irregular, you need to learn them separately.
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Plurals – Words ending in f and fe
Words ending in f and fe
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Words ending in f and fe
Some words ending in f just take an s:
chief
chiefs
roof
roofs
belief
beliefs
Words ending in ff just add s:
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cliff
cliffs
sniff
sniffs
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Words ending in f and fe
Look what happens with these words:
half
halves
calf
calves
shelf
shelves
knife
knives
These words form the plural by changing the f to v and
adding -es.
Some words can use either spelling:
E.g. hoof
hoofs or hooves; dwarf
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dwarfs or dwarves.
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Plurals – Unusual plurals
Unusual plurals
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Unusual plurals
The words below all have unusual plurals:
antenna
formula
larva
antennae
formulae
larvae
These words have kept the
original plural form from Latin.
goose
louse
mouse
geese
lice
mice
These animals all have
unusual plurals.
deer
sheep
deer
sheep
For these words the singular is
the same as the plural.
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Unusual plurals
The words below have more unusual plurals:
crisis
crises
emphasis
emphases
thesis
theses
cactus
cacti
nucleus
nuclei
hippopotamus
hippopotami or
hippopotamuses
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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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