Name: ______________________________
Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns:
Words That End in F and EF
A plural noun means more than one. The word bag means one bag; the
word bags means more than one bag. To make an English noun plural, we
usually (but not always!) add an s to the end of the noun. An exception to
this rule is when a word ends in f or fe. We sometimes change the f or fe to
v and add -es to make a plural word. A writer must learn when to change
the f or fe.
Read each word very carefully. Write the plural form of each of the following nouns.
1. life
___________________________
11. loaf
___________________________
2. wolf
___________________________
12. shelf
___________________________
3. self
___________________________
13. thief
___________________________
4. cafe
___________________________
14. knife
___________________________
5. cliff
___________________________
15. giraffe
___________________________
6. wife
___________________________
16. safe
___________________________
7. gulf
___________________________
17. calf
___________________________
8. elf
___________________________
18. chief
___________________________
9. leaf
___________________________
19. half
___________________________
10. roof
___________________________
20. chef
___________________________
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Key
Name: ______________________________
Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns:
Words That End in F and EF
A plural noun means more than one. The word bag means one bag; the
word bags means more than one bag. To make an English noun plural, we
usually (but not always!) add an s to the end of the noun. An exception to
this rule is when a word ends in f or fe. We sometimes change the f or fe to
v and add -es to make a plural word. A writer must learn when to change
the f or fe.
Read each word very carefully. Write the plural form of each of the following nouns.
1. life
___________________________
lives
11. loaf
___________________________
loaves
2. wolf
___________________________
wolves
12. shelf
___________________________
shelves
3. self
___________________________
selves
13. thief
___________________________
thieves
4. cafe
___________________________
cafes
14. knife
___________________________
knives
5. cliff
___________________________
cliffs
15. giraffe
___________________________
giraffes
6. wife
___________________________
wives
16. safe
___________________________
safes
7. gulf
___________________________
gulfs
17. calf
___________________________
calves
8. elf
___________________________
elves
18. chief
___________________________
chiefs
9. leaf
___________________________
leaves
19. half
___________________________
halves
10. roof
___________________________
roofs
20. chef
___________________________
chefs
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