Starter quiz
- Identify the nouns.
- run
- have
- book ✓
- library ✓
- smile
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- Select the plural common nouns.
- carry
- flowers ✓
- school
- buses ✓
- claps
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- When do we remove the 'y' and add '-ies' when using the suffix '-es'?
- when the root word ends in 'y' after a consonant ✓
- when the root words ends in 'e'
- when the root word ends in two consonant letters
- when the root word ends in a digraph including a 'y'
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: At the weekend, the little boy went to two partees.
- partyies
- partyes
- partys
- parties ✓
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: Pass me the kees.
- keyes
- keyz
- keys ✓
- keyies
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: Izzy loves eating berrees.
- berrys
- beries
- berries ✓
- berreys
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Exit quiz
- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: I will grant you three wishies.
- wishs
- wishes ✓
- wisheis
- wishis
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: The beachs were crowded with people.
- beachs
- beechies
- beaches ✓
- beechis
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: I can't find my glassis.
- glass's
- glases
- glasses ✓
- glasis
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: I could hear foxs last night.
- foxis
- foxies
- fokses
- foxes ✓
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- Match the nouns to the rule that applies when a suffix is added to make them plural.
- tray - trays⇔Keep the 'y' and add '-s'. ✓
- family - families⇔Remove the 'y' and add '-ies'. ✓
- lunch - lunches⇔If the word ends in ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘ss’ or ‘x’, add '-es'. ✓
- star - stars⇔Just add '-s'. ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: She kept her promiss.
- 'promise' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- For words ending in "sh", add the suffix "-es" to turn them into a plural.
- For words ending in "ch", add the suffix "-es" to turn them into a plural.
- For words ending in "ss", add the suffix "-es" to turn them into a plural.
- For words ending in "x", add the suffix "-es" to turn them into a plural.
- How to spell the curriculum word: promise.
Common misconception
Pupils may think the ending is spelt how it sounds: 'iz'.
Show pupils that the ending is spelt with the suffix -es, even though it can sound different.
Keywords
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
Plural - more than one
Singular - only one
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing
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