By the end of this lesson you should be able to Identify when the plural needs to be indicated using ies or s Identify when you should create the plural by adding es Get thinking Plurals ending in the s sound have two different ways of being written ID: 368184
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Slide1
Plurals ending in an s sound
By the end of this lesson you should be able to:
Identify when the plural needs to be indicated using
ies
or s
Identify when you should create the plural by adding
esSlide2
Get thinking
Plurals ending in the s sound have two different ways of being written.
Monkeys
Families Slide3
So how do we know?
It’s easy! If you know your vowels ( a e
i
o u) then working this out will be easy.
If the word that needs to be pluralised has a vowel before the last letter, you just add s.
If it is a consonant before the last letter, you drop the last letter and add ‘
ies
’ Slide4
Try it out!
Turn the following words into plurals using s or
ies
Book
Community
Key
Trolley
Society
Company
Sock
Phone
Copy
Coffee
Drink
Donkey Slide5
Plurals ending in ‘es
’
For nouns ending in s, x, z,
ch
or
sh
, add –
es
Box
Dish
Wish
Glass
Boss