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Year 1 - Plurals that end in s
The more words you know how to spell, the better your English will be!

Year 1 - Plurals that end in s

Plurals that end in s reminds KS1 children that sometimes we add the letter s to show there is more than one of something. The National Curriculum requires Year 1 children to know how to spell the ‘z’ sound when adding ‘s’ to a word to make it plural.

There is one cat but if there are two, we would say two cats. The ‘s’ letters makes a ‘z’ sound but is spelt with just an ‘s’. Improve your spelling skills on these ‘s’ ending plural words.

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1 .
Spell the missing word: Please fill the ____.
cupz
cuppz
cupps
cups
We could also say, 'She cups her daughters face,' changing the word cups into a verb - something you do.
2 .
Spell the missing word: These ____ have one bone between them.
dogz
dogs
doggs
doggz
A dog's sense of smell is 10,000 times stronger than ours.
3 .
Spell the missing word: There are lots of multicoloured ____.
ballz
balz
bals
balls
This word can be broken up into these sounds: b + al + l + s.
4 .
Spell the missing word: This is a picture of ____.
rocs
rockz
roks
rocks
The Earth's crust, outside bit, is made up of rocks.
5 .
Spell the missing word: May I borrow one of your ____?
pens
penz
penes
penns
Ball point pens were invented for the Royal Air Force.
6 .
Spell the missing word: Can you bring some chairs and ____ to the party as I only have one.
tabls
tables
taballs
tayballs
In this sentence you have the s/z sound twice, once in 'tables' and once for 'chairs'.
7 .
Spell the missing word: Football and cricket are his favourite ____.
gams
gamez
gamz
games
Football is played with two teams of 11 players each side.
8 .
Spell the missing word: She has lots of designer ____.
bags
baggs
bagz
baggz
Designer bags can be expensive, some bags by Chanel can cost the same as most cars on the road!
9 .
Spell the missing word: These two ____ are having a party.
boyz
boys
boyes
boyez
Even though we are adding an 's' onto the end of the word, it makes a 'z' noise.
10 .
Spell the missing word: ____ go quack!
Ducs
Ducks
Duckz
Ducz
Duck feathers are waterproof; that's where the saying 'Water off a duck's back' comes from.
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Making words plural

Author:  Finola Waller

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