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Grammar Plurals

Grammar Plurals Primary 3M Cockenzie Primary School December 2008 Grammar NOUN A naming word, person, place or object. house rose pencil bird What is a plural? one cat two cat s Plural or Singular? one flower three flower s Plural or Singular? one hat four hat s Plural

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Grammar Plurals

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  1. GrammarPlurals Primary 3M Cockenzie Primary School December 2008

  2. Grammar • NOUN • A naming word, person, place or object. • house • rose • pencil • bird

  3. What is a plural? one cat two cats

  4. Plural or Singular? one flower three flowers

  5. Plural or Singular? one hat four hats

  6. Plural • A plural word is where we have more than 1 thing. • Singular = 1 • Plural = More than 1

  7. Watch Out – Rules! • There are lots of rules when changing words from singular to plural. • BE CAREFUL! • We are going to look at just two of the rules. • LISTENING?

  8. Adding ‘s’ • For most words we just add ‘s’ to the end of it to change it into a plural. • one apple three apples • desk → desks month → months • book → books train → trains • pen → pens name → names

  9. Adding ‘es’ • For others we need to add ‘es’ to change it to a plural. • one brush two brushes • box → boxes dish → dishes • glass → glasses quiz → quizes

  10. Rule! • If the word ends with a long s sound or a hiss sound like; • sh • ch • ss • then add ‘es’ • - s • - x • - z

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