grammar plurals primary 3m cockenzie primary school december 2008
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GrammarGrammarPluralsPlurals
GrammarGrammarPluralsPluralsPrimary 3MPrimary 3M
Cockenzie Primary SchoolCockenzie Primary SchoolDecember 2008December 2008
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Grammar• NOUN
– A naming word, person, place or object.
• house• rose
• pencil• bird
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What is a plural?
one cat two cats
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Plural or Singular?
one flower three flowers
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Plural or Singular?
one hat four hats
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Plural• A plural word is where we have
more than 1 thing.
– Singular = 1
– Plural = More than 1
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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?
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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
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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
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Rule!• If the word ends with a long s
sound or a hiss sound like;– sh– ch– ss
»then add ‘es’
- s- x- z