Making Plural Nouns

2. Singular and Plural
The word ‘singular’ means just one of something.
For example, a house or a boy.
The word ‘singular’ is very similar to ‘single’.
This can help us to remember the meanings of
singular and plural.
The word ‘plural’ means more than one of something.
For example, houses or boys.

3. Singular and Plural
When we make a singular noun into a plural noun,
the spelling at the end of the noun changes.
For most nouns, s or es is added to the end of the noun,
or a y is replaced with ies.
house houses boy boys
Deciding which plural spelling to use is the tricky part.
The rest of this PowerPoint explains when to use the different spellings.

4. Adding ‘s’
To make most nouns plural, we simply add an ‘s’ to the end of the word.
zebras peas
footballers logs
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5. Adding ‘es’
If the noun ends in ch, sh, s, ss, x, zz or z, most of the time we add 'es'
sandwiches glasses
buses boxes

6. Adding ‘s’ or ‘ies’
If the noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o or u) and ‘y’, most of the time we
add ‘s’.
However, if the noun ends in a consonant and a ‘y’, most of the time we
replace ‘y’ with ‘ies’.
baby babies key keys

7. Look out for…
The English language is complicated and there are lots of exceptions to
these rules.
One exception to look out for is nouns that end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’. These
become ‘ves’ when they are made into plurals.
loaf loaves

8. Singular to Plural
loaf loaves
baby babies
wife wives
foot feet
pear pears sheep sheep
brush brushes apple apples

10. 27 October 2024
Spelling adding s and es
1. loaf- loaves 6. baby- babies
2. foot - feet 7. sheep- sheep
3. pear- pears 8. apple- apples
4. brush -brushes 9. box- boxes
5. half- halves 10 bus- buses

11. 27 October 2024
Spelling adding s and es
Group 3
1. ball- 6. bus-
2. toy 7. box-
3. pear- 8. bunch
4. girl - 9. beach
5. boy- 10 peach-

12. 27 October 2024
Spelling adding s and es
Group 2
1. girl- 6. bus-
2. boy- 7. box-
3. baby- 8. bunch
4. lady- 9. beach
5. fly- 10 peach-

13. 27 October 2024
Spelling adding s and es
Group 1
1. girl- 6. bus-
2. boy- 7. box-
3. baby- 8. story-
4. lady- 9. knife-
5. fly- 10 loaf-