Plurals ending in an s sound By the end of this lesson you should be able to: Identify when the plural needs to be indicated using ies or s Identify when you should create the plural by adding es

Get thinking Plurals ending in the s sound have two different ways of being written. Monkeys Families

So how do we know? It’s easy! If you know your vowels ( a e i o u) then working this out will be easy. If the word that needs to be pluralised has a vowel before the last letter, you just add s. If it is a consonant before the last letter, you drop the last letter and add ‘ies’

Try it out! Turn the following words into plurals using s or ies 1.Book 2.Community 3.Key 4.Trolley 5.Society 6.Company 7.Sock 8.Phone 9.Copy 10.Coffee 11.Drink 12.Donkey

Plurals ending in ‘es’ For nouns ending in s, x, z, ch or sh, add –es Box Dish Wish Glass Boss