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English Quiz - Spelling: Plurals 01 (Questions)

Ready for a KS2 English spelling quiz on plurals? Plurals mean more than one of something. Like one apple turns into three apples. Nouns can be singular or plural. There are three usual endings: -s, -es, and -ies. But there are always some exceptions, like 'one cactus', 'two cacti'.

This quiz focuses on regular plurals. Once you ace these, try our second quiz with some tricky exceptions. Test your spelling skills and aim for full marks!

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1. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Pencil
[ ] Pencils
[ ] Pencil's
[ ] Penciles
[ ] Pencils'
2. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
School
[ ] School's
[ ] Schools
[ ] Schooles
[ ] Schools'
3. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Football
[ ] Footballes
[ ] Football's
[ ] Footballs'
[ ] Footballs
4. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Family
[ ] Familys
[ ] Familes
[ ] Family's
[ ] Families
5. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Story
[ ] Story's
[ ] Stories
[ ] Storyes
[ ] Storys
6. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Fairy
[ ] Fairys
[ ] Fairy's
[ ] Fairies
[ ] Fairyes
7. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Friday
[ ] Fridaies
[ ] Fridays
[ ] Fridayes
[ ] Friday's
8. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Brush
[ ] Brushes
[ ] Brushs
[ ] Brushies
[ ] Brush's
9. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Match
[ ] Match's
[ ] Matchs
[ ] Matches
[ ] Match'es
10. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Box
[ ] Boxs
[ ] Box's
[ ] Boxse
[ ] Boxes

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English Quiz - Spelling: Plurals 01 (Answers)
1. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Pencil
[x] Pencils
[ ] Pencil's
[ ] Penciles
[ ] Pencils'
If you have more than one pencil, you have some pencils. Most words ending in a consonant follow the simple rule of adding an 's'. Be careful not to use an apostrophe for plurals.
2. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
School
[ ] School's
[x] Schools
[ ] Schooles
[ ] Schools'
This word just needs an 's' adding to it.
3. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Football
[ ] Footballes
[ ] Football's
[ ] Footballs'
[x] Footballs
No apostrophe is needed.
4. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Family
[ ] Familys
[ ] Familes
[ ] Family's
[x] Families
The rule for words ending in a consonant followed by a 'y' is to change the 'y' to an 'i' and then add '-es'.
5. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Story
[ ] Story's
[x] Stories
[ ] Storyes
[ ] Storys
One story. Two stories.
6. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Fairy
[ ] Fairys
[ ] Fairy's
[x] Fairies
[ ] Fairyes
Have you ever seen a fairy?
7. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Friday
[ ] Fridaies
[x] Fridays
[ ] Fridayes
[ ] Friday's
The rule for words ending in a vowel followed by a 'y' is to add 's'.
8. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Brush
[x] Brushes
[ ] Brushs
[ ] Brushies
[ ] Brush's
Words ending in 'ch', 'sh', 'x', 'z', or 's' add '-es' for the plural.
9. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Match
[ ] Match's
[ ] Matchs
[x] Matches
[ ] Match'es
Remember not to add an apostrophe.
10. Look at the word and choose its correct plural.
Box
[ ] Boxs
[ ] Box's
[ ] Boxse
[x] Boxes
One box. Two boxes.
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