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Spelling reminders 1: Plurals of nouns

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1 Spelling reminders 1: Plurals of nouns
Most nouns make their plurals by simply adding –s to the end (e.g. cat/cats, book/books, journey/journeys). Some do change their endings, though.  Though there are some exceptions, the main types of noun that do this are: Nouns ending in -y If the noun ends with a consonant plus -y, make the plural by changing -y to -ies: Nouns ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, or –z If the noun ends with -ch, -s, -sh, -x, or -z, add -es to form the plural:

2 Spelling reminders… Adding endings to words that end in –y
When adding endings to words that end with a consonant plus -y, change the final y to i (unless the ending in question, such as -ish, already begins with an i). For example: pretty:  prettier, prettiest ready:  readily beauty: beautiful dry: dryish This rule also applies when adding the -s, -ed, and -ing endings to verbs ending in -y: defy: defies, defying, defied apply: applies, applying, applied

3 Short spelling test on plurals / plurales / plural’s etc…
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