Positively Perfect Plurals!

Mrs. Yollis' class has been working 

recently on learning to spell 

plural nouns correctly!

There are so many rules about plurals to follow!

When making a plural noun, never use apostrophe s!

Did you know that not all plurals have an s added to them? 

Hoppy has some plural spelling rules to share with you:

1. When a singular noun ends with x, ch, sh, or s, add es. 

Examples: box - boxes              bush - bushes

2. When a singular noun ends in a consonant and y, change the y to an i and add es.  

                 Examples: penny - pennies         fly - flies

3. To some nouns ending in f, simply add s.

                 Examples: chief - chiefs             bluff - bluffs

4. To other nouns ending in f or fe, change the f or fe to v and add  

     es. (Hoppy thinks this is the silliest plural rule of all!)

                 Examples: wolf - wolves            leaf - leaves

5. Some singular nouns form their plurals in special ways. There is no rule for these, so you just have to memorize them!

                 Examples: tooth - teeth               mouse - mice

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Hoppy challenges you to use five different plurals in a comment!

Here is Hoppy's example:

Dear Class,

Yesterday three flies landed on my lilypad. I tried so hard to eat them, but they got away!  I wonder how many of you children would want to eat flies instead of candies on Halloween? 

After missing the flies, I hopped off my lilypad into the water where I saw some geese paddling by. They were carrying some leavesback to their nests. I swam along, so I could say hello to their babies!

I'm looking forward to reading your comments full of positively perfect plurals!

Ribbit and regards,

Hoppy

P. S. Be sure to use html code to make your plurals bold!