Transcript Literacy - 2.12.10

Literacy - 2.12.10
L.O. To explore Spelling patterns for
plurals.
• Most nouns add ‘s’.
• Nouns ending in hissing, buzzing or shushing
sounds (s/x/ch/sh) add ‘es’.
• Nouns ending in consonant + y, change the y to
an i and add es.
• Some nouns ending in ‘o’ ass ‘es’.
Typical words
• boy - boys
• balloon – balloons
• sister – sisters
• word – words
Nouns ending in consonant + y, change the
y to an i and add es.
• city - cities
• try – tries
• lorry – lorries
• baby – babies
• worry - worries
Nouns ending in hissing, buzzing or
shushing sounds (s/x/ch/sh) add ‘es’.
• patch – patches
• hiss – hisses
• church – churches
• lunch – lunches
• watch – watches
• fox – foxes
Some nouns ending in ‘o’ ass ‘es’.
• E.g. potato – potatoes.
• These words tend to be older words.
• Newer words often just add ‘s’.
E.g. patio – patios, radio – radios.
Words ending in ‘f’ and ‘fe’
• Many nouns ending in ‘f’ drop the f and add
‘ves’.
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calf – calves
wolf – wolves
knife – knives
life – lives
loaf – loaves
self - selves
Task
• Record the main rules for pluralizing nouns.
• Give examples for each.
• Choose one rule and find as many examples
which fit that spelling pattern as you can. Use
a dictionary to help you. List in your spelling
log neatly with accurate spellings.
L.O. To explore spelling patterns for plurals.