Pluralization Rules in English

Pluralization Rules in English

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

2nd - 3rd Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

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The video tutorial explains how to form plurals for words ending in 'y' with a consonant before it. The rule is to drop the 'y' and add 'ies'. Examples include changing 'baby' to 'babies', 'lady' to 'ladies', 'puppy' to 'puppies', 'fly' to 'flies', and 'cherry' to 'cherries'.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main topic of the lesson?

How to spell words correctly

How to make words plural

How to use punctuation

How to write sentences

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should you do to make a word ending in 'y' plural if it has a consonant before 'y'?

Add 's'

Add 'es'

Drop 'y' and add 'ies'

Keep 'y' and add 's'

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you change 'baby' to its plural form?

babys'

babies

babys

babyes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following words follows the same pluralization rule as 'baby'?

toy

key

city

boy

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the plural form of 'city'?

cityes

cities

city's

citys

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the plural form of 'lady'?

ladies

ladyes

ladys

ladys'

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word does not follow the 'drop y and add ies' rule?

puppy

fly

lady

boy

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