The Spelling Rules for Adding Suffixes:

What happens to words ending in -f ?

Usually, we add the suffixes -s or -es to make plurals.

car > cars

train > trains

bus > buses

coach > coaches

As you saw before, some words ending in y need to change:

baby > babies

puppy > puppies

story > stories

This is also true for some words ending in f:

Learn the Words:

Not all words ending in -f follow this rule. Some stay the same:

chiefs

beliefs

roofs

proofs

... and all words ending in -ff stay the same:

cliffs

muffs

tiffs

skiffs

And a few words can be spelled both ways (English is a strange language!):

Singular	Plural
dwarf	dwarfs or dwarves
hoof	hoofs or hooves
scarf	scarfs or scarves
wharf	wharfs or wharves
handkerchief	handkerchiefs or handkerchieves

Find the best -ves word:	Type the whole word:
I baked six ______ yesterday.
Fishermen's ______ need to be very sharp.
We could hear the ______ howling.
All my disks were taken by the ______.
Both ______ of the game were exciting.
The ______ are turning red and brown.
King Henry VIII had six ______.
We need four new ______ for the books.
The ______ of refugees can be hard.
Young elephants are called ______.

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