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Plurals
Adding ‘es’
Worksheet 21
Some nouns that end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ change the ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to ‘v’ before adding ‘es’
Example:
knife
knives
half
halves
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1. Change the ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to ‘v’ and add ‘es’ to make the noun plural. Write the new word. Use three of the plural words in sentences.
Example:
calf ___________
loaf ____________
Sentence: Sentence: Sentence:
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Example:
try
trying
tries
tried
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2.
leaf ____________
ew i ev Pr
Teac he r
wife ___________
cry ___________________
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fry ___________________
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Question:
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Question:
o c . che e r o t r s super
3. Complete the following statements.
Before adding ‘es’ to words ending in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ Two examples are:
_____________/_____________
_____________/_____________
Before adding ‘es’ or ‘ed’ to words ending in ‘y’ Example: word: ___________
add ‘es’ _____________
add ‘ed’ ______________
Example: word: ___________
add ‘es’ _____________
add ‘ed’ ______________
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