Spelling Word List: 5. List 1: Pluralising Nouns

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Study the Word List: 5. List 1: Pluralising Nouns

Recognise when to use -s or -es to pluralise words.Drop 'f' or 'fe' and add 'ves'.Drop 'y' and add 'ies'. Irregular Plurals

	churches	Some churches are very old. *
	watches	There were lots of gold watches in the shop. *
	passes	The train passes our house every hour.
	heroes	We respect them because they are heroes, they saved us. *
	volcanoes	Volcanoes can be active , dormant or extinct. *
	knives	Fishermen's knives need to be very sharp.
	loaves	I baked six loaves yesterday.
	wolves	We could hear the wolves howling.
	calves	A group of young cows are called calves. *
	lives	The lives of refugees can be hard.
	cities	Cities grew rapidly during the industrial revolution. *
	babies	Babies like to drink milk. *
	parties	I love parties because they make me joyful. *
	allergies	Unfortunately I have lots of food allergies. *
	possibilities	There were endless possibilities in the problem solving question today. *
	children	The children sat in rows.
	vertices	Vertices are the corners of a 3D shape. *
	mice	The mice moved with a skitter. *
	cacti	The garden centre sold cacti. *
	antennae	All of the antennae got bent in the wind. *

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churches

watches

passes

heroes

volcanoes

knives

loaves

wolves

calves

lives

cities

babies

parties

allergies

possibilities

children

vertices

mice

cacti

antennae

Spelling Games: 5. List 1: Pluralising Nouns

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