Year 6 - To investigate spelling patterns in pluralisation including
irregular plurals.
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Most words just add ‘s’.
Words ending with a consonant +y change the ‘y’ to ‘ies’.
Words ending with a vowel +y just add ‘s’.
Words ending with an ‘f’ or ‘fe’ changes to ‘ves’.
Words ending with ‘ch’, ‘sh, ‘ss’ or ‘x’ add ‘es’.
Some words have a new word in their plural form – these are
called irregular plurals
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averages (average)
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scarves (scarf)
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bargains (bargain)
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churches (church)
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categories (category)
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donkeys (donkey)
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cemeteries (cemetery)
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committees (committee)
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dictionaries (dictionary)
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identities (identity)
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opportunities (opportunity)
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monkeys (monkey)
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tomatoes (tomato)
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geese (goose)
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potatoes (potato)