1. Primary 3M Cockenzie Primary School December 2008
Grammar Plurals
Primary 3M
Cockenzie Primary School
December 2008

2. Grammar NOUN house rose pencil bird
A naming word, person, place or object.
house
rose
pencil
bird

3. What is a plural?
one cat
two cats

4. Plural or Singular?
one flower
three flowers

5. Plural or Singular?
one hat
four hats

6. Plural A plural word is where we have more than 1 thing. Singular = 1
Plural = More than 1

7. 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?

8. 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

9. 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

10. Rule! If the word ends with a long s sound or a hiss sound like; sh ch
then add ‘es’
- s
- x
- z