Spelling plurals

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Spelling plurals

What letter or letters do plural words end in?

Endings for plurals

• Most plurals end in -s
• Some plurals end in -es
• Some end in -ies
• Some end in -ves
• There are irregular plurals

Plurals ending in -es

Words that end in:

• -o (exceptions include foreign words, instruments, abbreviations, words ending in a vowel + o)
• -ch
• -sh
• -ss
• -x

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Words ending in -y

Can you spot the rule?

• baby/babies
• responsibility/responsibilities
•  community/communities
• variety/varieties

Words ending in -y

• tray/trays
• trolley/trolleys
• birthday/birthdays
• monkey/monkeys
• valley/valleys

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What is the rule for pluralising words ending in -y?

Words ending in -f or -fe

• Usually change the 'f' to 'v' before adding 'es'.
• wife - wives
• knife - knives
• leaf - leaves
• loaf - loaves
• elf - elves
• shelf - shelves

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Irregular plurals

• Plurals that do not follow a rule:
• man
• tooth
• mouse
• woman
• child
• foot
• deer

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