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3: Plurals

Most plurals are made by just adding ‘s’ to the end of the word.
Look at these examples:
Reminder:
one book, two books one table, many tables Singular means one;
plural means more
However there are some other rules you need to know. than one.

Plurals: For words ending in ‘ss’, ‘x’, ‘zz’, ‘ch’, ‘sh’ or ‘o’, add ‘es’ not ‘s’

one box, two boxes a match, many matches one class, three classes

one brush, many brushes one potato, lots of potatoes

Plurals: For words ending in ‘f’, change the ‘f’ to ‘ves’.
For words ending in ‘fe’, change the ‘fe’ to ‘ves’.

one shelf, two shelves one knife, ten knives

Plurals: For words ending in a consonant followed by ‘y’, change the ‘y’ to ‘ies’.

one puppy, two puppies one berry, many berries one factory, six factories

Plurals: Some plurals do not follow a rule! These are called IRREGULAR
PLURALS. Below are some examples. Can you think of some more?

one child, two children a woman, several women one sheep, two sheep

one foot, two feet one goose, many geese a tooth, three teeth

4: Prefixes

A prefix is a group of letters that are put at the beginning of a word to make another
word. Some common prefixes are:

anti- dis- ex- mis- non- pre- re- un-

Here are some examples of words with prefixes added to change their meaning:

dis + agree = disagree mis + spell = misspell non + sense = nonsense
re + new = renew un + fair = unfair

As you can see, prefixes do not change the spelling of
that word – they just add on at the front of the word.

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