Practise and apply turning nouns from singular to plural | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Match the words to the correct definitions.

• singular

• more than one

• noun

• only one

• plural

• a person, place or thing

Answer explanation

'Singular' means only one. 'Dog' is a singular common noun. Plural means more than one. 'Dogs' is a plural common noun.

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

If there is one cake, the common noun 'cake' is ...

• plural.

• singular.

• single.

Answer explanation

Common nouns can be both singular and plural. To turn this into a plural noun we can add '-s' to make 'cakes'.

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

Match the singular and plural forms of these nouns.

• tree

• fairies

• bag

• trees

• fairy

• bags

• toy

• toys

Answer explanation

Plural nouns often end in an 's', such as 'bags', 'fairies', 'toys' and 'trees'.

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'It will probly rain later.'

• probaly

• probably

• probibly

• properly

Answer explanation

'Probably' has got three syllables which can help us to spell each section in turn.

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'We arrived at school erly.'

(a)  

Answer explanation

'Ear' is making the /er/ sound in 'early'

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Match the nouns to the rule they use when the suffix is added to make them plural.

• baby - babies

• Just add -s.

• cloud - clouds

• Keep the 'y' and add -s.

• boy - boys

• Remove the 'y' and add -ies.

Answer explanation

There are different rules for how the root word changes when the suffix '-s' or '-es' is added.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F