SPELLING

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SPELLING
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PLURALS
OF NOUNS ENDING IN -Y
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• One boy, two.
• One city, two
• One fairy, two
• One day, two
• One monkey, two
• Whats the rule?

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• One boy, two boys.
• One city, two cities.
• One fairy, two fairies.
• One day, two days.
• One monkey, two monkeys.
• Whats the rule?

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• One boy, two boys.
• One day, two days.
• One monkey, two monkeys.
• One city, two cities.
• One fairy, two fairies.
• Whats the rule?

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RULE 3

• VOWELS
• A E I O U
• An Entertaining Idiot Often Undresses!

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RULE 3

• VOWELS
• A E I O U
• Consonants
• Every other letter in the alphabet

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RULE 3

• Add s to words
• ending in a vowel y.
• Change y to i and add
• es with words ending
• in a consonant y.

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• Try these
• One city, two One holiday, two
• One chimney, two One donkey, two
• One alley, two One berry, two
• One party, two One spy, two
• One guy, two One story, two
• One estuary, two One valley, two
• One fly, two One pony, two
• One toy, two One bully, two

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• And these
• One responsibility, two
• One fantasy, two
• One opportunity, two
• One factory, two
• One volley, two
• One university, two
• One quality, two
• One pulley, two
• One convoy, two

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SPELLING
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PLURALS
OF WORDS ENDING IN f or fe.
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• Whats the plural of
• THE WHITE
• CLIFF
• OF DOVER?

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• THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER?

• THE WHITE CLIVES OF DOVER?

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RULE 4

• For words ending in
• f or fe, usually add s.
• You can hear when you
• should change the f or
• fe to v or ve.

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• Which one has a v sound?
• Say them aloud and youll hear it.
• One giraffe, two
• One café, two
• One sheriff, two
• One shelf, two
• One cliff, two
• One wife, two

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SPELLING
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PLURALS
WORDS ENDING IN o.
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RULE 5

• Add s to form the plural of words ending in o.
  
• You will have to learn
• the few exceptions to
• this rule.

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RULE 5

• Some of the Exceptions
• Echo echoes
• Hero heroes
• Potato potatoes
• Tomato tomatoes
• Volcano volcanoes
• Cargo cargoes
• Tornado tornadoes

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RULE 1

• You make most
• words plural by
• adding s.

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Rule 2

• Words ending in
• sibilants (hissing
• sounds) need es in
• the plural.

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RULE 3

• Add s to words
• ending in a vowel y.
• Change y to i and add
• es with words ending
• in a consonant y.

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RULE 4

• For words ending in
• f or fe, usually add s.
• You can hear when you
• should change the f or
• fe to v or ve.

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RULE 5

• Add s to form the plural of words ending in o.
  
• You will have to learn
• the few exceptions to
• this rule.

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RULE 5

• 1. You make most words plural by adding s.
• 2. Words ending in sibilants (hissing sounds)
  need es in the plural.
• 3. Add s to words ending in a vowel y.
• Change y to i and add es with words ending in a
  consonant y.
• 4. For words ending in f or fe, usually add s.
  
• You can hear when you should change the f or
  fe to v or ve.
• 5. Add s to form the plural of words ending in
  o.
• You will have to learn the few exceptions to
• this rule.

PLURALS