Forming Correct Plurals
About the Forming Correct Plurals Lesson
Summary
This lesson is designed to instruct students about forming correct plurals.
Objectives
• To be able to identify some of the irregular plurals for words.
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To be able to list the plural forms of different words.
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To be able to identify the singular form of a plural word.
Suggested Grades
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
Excerpt
Words that end in -ch, x, s, or s-like sounds generally require an -es to form the plural. For example, the plural of witch is witches. The plural of fox is foxes. The plural of kiss is kisses. More than one gas would be gases.
In addition, words that end in a consonant and a y may need to have the y changed to an i, and you will have to add es. For example, the plural of baby would be babies.
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