Plural Endings

Choose the correct plural noun.

"shelf"

• shelfs

• shelves

• shelfes

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

Choose the correct plural noun.

"life"

• lifes

• lives

• living

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

Choose the correct plural noun.

• leaving

• leafs

• leaves

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

Choose the correct plural noun.

"loaf"

• loaves

• loafes

• loafs

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

He hadn't washed all of the ...

• dish

• dishes

• dishs

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.K.1C

They had many ____ they could play.

• gamess

• gameses

• games

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.K.1C

What is the plural form of hour?

• houres

• hour's

• hours

• hourses

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.K.1C

Match the following endings to make the words plural

• s

• penny

• es

• fax

• ies

• shoe

Answer explanation

Inflected Endings

Often, a singular noun can be changed to its plural form by adding the inflected ending -s, -es, or -ies.

• Add -s to most words.

• Add -es to words that end in ch, sh, ss, or x.

• For words that end in y, change the y to an i, then add -es

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

What is the plural form of the word dish?

• dishs

• dish's

• dishes

• dishies

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.K.1C

Nouns that end in a vowel followed by "y" change into plural form simply by addition of:

• es

• ves

• ies

• s

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C