PLURAL RULE ONE PLURAL RULE TWO - Children's …

1 PLURAL RULE ONE PLURAL RULE TWO. Most words add s' to make the PLURAL Add es' to words ending in ch', sh'. s', ss', x' or z' to make the PLURAL one apple two apples one box many boxes desk desks teacher teachers beach beaches wish wishes name names park parks fox foxes bus buses town towns month months cross crosses waltz waltzes card cards truck trucks pitch pitches hutch hutches Try these Try these . pencil cup church quiz . book pad gas wax . tree plant class dish . PLURAL RULE THREE PLURAL RULE FOUR. When the letter before a y' is a consonant, When words end in ay', ey', iy', oy'. change the y' to an i' before adding an es' and uy' add an s' to make the PLURAL one baby two babies one donkey two donkeys city cities berry berries boy boys play plays pony ponies reply replies pulley pulleys grey greys filly fillies belly bellies relay relays alley alleys Try these Try these.

2 Family lady day satay . daisy jelly monkey valley . army party tray delay . nappy cherry trolley key . PLURAL RULE FIVE PLURAL RULE SIX. When words end in f' or fe' change When a word ends in o' and comes after the f' or fe' to a v' before adding es' a consonant, add es' to make the PLURAL one knife two knives one dingo two dingoes leaf leaves wolf wolves cargo cargoes mango mangoes wife wives elf elves potato potatoes hero heroes thief thieves life lives avocado avocadoes buffalo buffaloes Try these Try these . half hoof volcano tomato . loaf shelf domino echo . self calf mosquito torpedo . Exceptions cliffs, chiefs, roofs, dwarfs & handkerchiefs Exceptions pianos, solos, banjos, Eskimos and radios PLURAL RULE SEVEN PLURAL RULE EIGHT.

3 Sometimes, a word may completely Sometimes, a word may stay the same change its form when a PLURAL is made in both its singular and PLURAL form one child two children one fish two fish person people criterion criteria bream bream series series goose geese nucleus nuclei aircraft aircraft trout trout fungus fungi man men salmon salmon moose moose Try these Try these . foot woman species sheep . mouse cactus deer perch . tooth dice offspring tuna . PLURAL RULE NINE PLURAL RULE TEN. It maybe confusing making compound words into PLURAL Many words, particularly from other languages forms. In all cases the first word is made PLURAL .

4 Have exceptions when making them PLURAL one analysis of data two analyses of data Maxine is terrified of men of war jelly fish. Other examples are . curriculum curricula appendix appendices brother in law brothers in law criterion criteria index indices court martial courts martial antenna antennae focus foci attorney general attorneys general bureau bureaux corpus corpora *. Try these Try these . son in law octopus basis . heir apparent formula gateau . passer by datum crisis . * quite tricky and uncommon SPELLING RULE ONE SPELLING RULE TWO. When a word ends with a short vowel followed by a When action words end with an sh', ch', ss', x', or consonant, double the last consonant before adding ed' a z' and es' is added to make the present tense.

5 The girls skip. The girls skipped. Fiona waltzes most Tuesday nights with Jim. drop dropped trim trimmed admit admitted shop shopped cross crosses catch catches occur occurred flip flipped wax waxes relax relaxes fish fishes reach reaches Try these . trip trot Try these . mop rub buzz tax . submit prefer watch pass . push fix . SPELLING RULE THREE SPELLING RULE FOUR. When an action word ends with a consonant followed by a y', Double the consonant before adding ing' to words that have a change the y' to an i' before adding es' short vowel followed by a consonant at the end Grandad was sitting in his chair all morning. The pirate buries his treasure with great care.

6 Stop stopping slam slamming empty empties tidy tidies wrap wrapping nod nodding try tries copy copies step stepping skip skipping carry carries fry fries Try these Try these . hurry dry trap beg . fly dirty rip map . worry apply chop rub . SPELLING RULE FIVE SPELLING RULE SIX. When a word ends in a silent e', drop the e' before When a word ends in double consonant, do not double adding an ing' The magic e' runs away ! the last letter before adding an ing'. Ian loves platform diving on his weekends. Kellie has been thinking about marrying Ridge. move moving hide hiding report reporting copy copying taste tasking chase chasing bump bumping work working race racing wipe wiping wash washing dust dusting Try these Try these.

7 Love store carry hurry . change drive spy bend . hope stare camp scratch . Exception be being For words ending in y' leave the y' and add ing'. SPELLING RULE SEVEN SPELLING RULE EIGHT. For action words that end in ie', change Often ly' is added to base words to turn them the ie' to a y' before adding an ing' into adverbs, adjectives or describing words Rynell bungy jumped carefully from the tower. love lovely smart smartly slow slowly pure purely Bryan enjoys lying on his back to watch clouds. main mainly nice nicely Try these Try these . tie rude kind . lie quick loud . die soft glad . SPELLING RULE NINE SPELLING RULE TEN.

8 When adding ly' to words which end in y', change the When the suffix full' is added to the end of a base word, y' to an i' before adding the ly' one of the ls' has to be dropped Janelle paints colourful works of art. Kirsty scored the goal quite daintily. hope hopeful taste tasteful happy happily busy busily cheer cheerful use useful merry merrily pretty prettily thank thankful force forceful easy easily cosy cosily Try these . Try these truth peace . hungry necessary play dread . weary day fear joy . heavy angry . eg; thankful' means full of thanks SPELLING RULE ELEVEN SPELLING RULE TWELVE. Before adding er' and est' to words ending in a consonant, Double the last letter before adding er' or est' to words that have followed by a y', change the y' to an i' a short vowel followed a single consonant Dean is the skinniest member at the local gym.

9 Lyne has become a great ocean swimmer. lazy lazier salty saltiest fit fittest travel traveller lovely loveliest funny funnier slim slimmest win winner mighty mightier heavy heaviest rob robber slip slipper Try these . Try these . sandy crazy . spin run . happy fancy . sit begin . curly dry . drum stop . These new words are called degrees of comparison SPELLING RULE THIRTEEN SPELLING RULE FOURTEEN. Double the last letter of words ending in a short vowel followed by Just add a y' to words ending in two a single consonant before adding a y' consonants to form describing words Ricky enjoys lying back on a sunny day. The last few days have been quite windy in Moura.

10 Rag raggy wit witty dirt dirty trick tricky shag shaggy fog foggy might mighty health healthy cat catty fun funny thirst thirsty sand sandy Try these Try these . run mud rock filth . wool skin wealth smart . fur bad chill fuss . SPELLING RULE FIFTEEN SPELLING RULE SIXTEEN. For words ending in a silent e', you To indicate possession or ownership by a person or must first drop the e' before adding a y' object, an apostrophe ( ) followed by an s' is added Kookaburras are very noisy birds. Billy's horse bucked him at the rodeo. bone bony smoke smoky horse horse's Billy Billy's ice icy stone stony Jenny Jenny's bird Bird's rose rosy race racy office office's Nigel Nigel's Try these Try these.