Wednesday 9th January 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 14th January.
During the next half term we will be looking at the different rules for spelling plurals. In today’s lesson we
have been looking at nouns where you add –s to when there are more than one (changing the word from
singular to plural).
For your homework this week, you need to change the following words to plural and then put them into an
interesting sentence. The sentence must include exciting adjectives and an embedded clause.
e.g. tree – trees. The trees, which were blowing in the wind, had enormous, grass green leaves.
1. Dog
2. Teacher
3. Bag
4. Cat
5. Ball
Wednesday 9th January 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 14th January.
During the next half term we will be looking at the different rules for spelling plurals. In today’s lesson we
have been looking at nouns where you add –s to when there are more than one (changing the word from
singular to plural).
For your homework this week, you need to change the following words to plural and then put them into an
interesting sentence. The sentence must include exciting adjectives and an embedded clause.
e.g. tree – trees. The trees, which were blowing in the wind, had enormous, grass green leaves.
1. Dog
2. Teacher
3. Bag
4. Cat
5. Ball
Wednesday 9th January 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 14th January.
During the next half term we will be looking at the different rules for spelling plurals. In today’s lesson we
have been looking at nouns where you add –s to when there are more than one (changing the word from
singular to plural).
For your homework this week, you need to change the following words to plural and then put them into an
interesting sentence. The sentence must include exciting adjectives and an embedded clause.
e.g. tree – trees. The trees, which were blowing in the wind, had enormous, grass green leaves.
1. Dog
2. Teacher
3. Bag
4. Cat
5. Ball
Wednesday 16th January 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 21st January
Today we have been looking at sorting nouns and their plurals into categories according to their rule. The
rules we looked at are listed below to remind you.
 Most nouns add –s – table/tables, tree/trees.
 Nouns ending in –sh, -ch, -x add –es to make it easier to pronounce – box/boxes, ash-ashes,
church/churches.
 Nouns ending in a vowel then y just add –s – key/keys, boy/boys.
 Nouns ending in a consonant then y change the y into an I then add –es – army/armies.
Below are 4 words, each with a different rule – your task this week is to change these singular words into
plurals and then put them into an interesting sentence. The sentence must include an
embedded/subordinate clause and an exclamation mark or question mark.
e.g. table – tables. Walking over to the table cautiously, James asked his friend “Where shall I put these
tables?”
1. Tree
2. Church
3. Toy
4. Berry
Wednesday 16th January 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 21st January
Today we have been looking at sorting nouns and their plurals into categories according to their rule. The
rules we looked at are listed below to remind you.
 Most nouns add –s – table/tables, tree/trees.
 Nouns ending in –sh, -ch, -x add –es to make it easier to pronounce – box/boxes, ash-ashes,
church/churches.
 Nouns ending in a vowel then y just add –s – key/keys, boy/boys.
 Nouns ending in a consonant then y change the y into an I then add –es – army/armies.
Below are 4 words, each with a different rule – your task this week is to change these singular words into
plurals and then put them into an interesting sentence. The sentence must include an
embedded/subordinate clause and an exclamation mark or question mark.
e.g. table – tables. Walking over to the table cautiously, James asked his friend “Where shall I put these
tables?”
1. Tree
2. Church
3. Toy
4. Berry
Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 28th January.
During our spelling session today you identified five plurals that you find tricky to spell.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
For your homework this week, you need to write a small paragraph including the five plurals that you
chose to help you remember them.
When writing your paragraph, make sure that you include:
- An embedded/subordinate clause
- Exciting adjectives
- A range of punctuation, such as ! ? “”
Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 28th January.
During our spelling session today you identified five plurals that you find tricky to spell.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
For your homework this week, you need to write a small paragraph including the five plurals that you
chose to help you remember them.
When writing your paragraph, make sure that you include:
- An embedded/subordinate clause
- Exciting adjectives
- A range of punctuation, such as ! ? “”
Wednesday 30th January 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 4th February.
During today’s lesson we began to look at irregular plurals. Irregular plurals don’t follow a particular rule,
and so they are more difficult to remember and spell correctly. E.g. child/children, goose/geese.
For your homework this week, you need to change the highlighted word in each sentence below to plural,
and then put the plural into a more exciting sentence.
e.g.
The child went to the park.
The children, who were five years old, went to the enormous park.
1. Jack saw a goose.
2. The man sang a song.
3. Jenny screamed when she saw a mouse.
Wednesday 30th January 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 4th February.
During today’s lesson we began to look at irregular plurals. Irregular plurals don’t follow a particular rule,
and so they are more difficult to remember and spell correctly. E.g. child/children, goose/geese.
For your homework this week, you need to change the highlighted word in each sentence below to plural,
and then put the plural into a more exciting sentence.
e.g.
The child went to the park.
The children, who were five years old, went to the enormous park.
1. Jack saw a goose.
2. The man sang a song.
3. Jenny screamed when she saw a mouse.
Wednesday 6th February 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 11th February.
Over the past 5 weeks we have been learning about the different rules for changing nouns from singular to
plural. Your homework task this week is to make a “Did you know?” poster explaining all of the different
rules to an alien – remember, the alien will have no experience of plurals and so you will need to give
examples for each rule. The rules are below to remind you.
Tip: Make your poster as clear and colourful as possible so that it is easy for the alien to read and
understand!
Rules:
 Most nouns add –s – table/tables, tree/trees.
 Nouns ending in –sh, -ch, -x add –es to make it easier to pronounce – box/boxes, ash-ashes,
church/churches.
 Nouns ending in a vowel then y just add –s – key/keys, boy/boys.
 Nouns ending in a consonant then y change the y into an I then add –es – army/armies.
 Some are known as irregular plurals and don’t follow any spelling rules – child/children,
goose/geese.
Wednesday 6th February 2013
Year 3 Spelling Homework – Plurals.
Due in: Monday 11th February.
Over the past 5 weeks we have been learning about the different rules for changing nouns from singular to
plural. Your homework task this week is to make a “Did you know?” poster explaining all of the different
rules to an alien – remember, the alien will have no experience of plurals and so you will need to give
examples for each rule. The rules are below to remind you.
Tip: Make your poster as clear and colourful as possible so that it is easy for the alien to read and
understand!
Rules:
 Most nouns add –s – table/tables, tree/trees.
 Nouns ending in –sh, -ch, -x add –es to make it easier to pronounce – box/boxes, ash-ashes,
church/churches.
 Nouns ending in a vowel then y just add –s – key/keys, boy/boys.
 Nouns ending in a consonant then y change the y into an I then add –es – army/armies.
 Some are known as irregular plurals and don’t follow any spelling rules – child/children,
goose/geese.