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Grade 2 Reading & Writing · World 2: Vowel Team Valley · Level 13
More Than One: -s, -es, -ies
Cats, boxes, puppies (y → ies).
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 13
- A plural means more than one. Most words just add s: one cat, two cats.
- Words that end in s, x, ch, or sh add es. You can hear the extra part: box, boxes. Lunch, lunches.
- When a word ends in a consonant and a y, change the y to i and add es: puppy, puppies. Berry, berries.
- But if a vowel comes before the y, just add s: key, keys. Boy, boys.
- Your turn! Sort these words by how they make their plural.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 2.L.GC.1.14 — Form plural nouns by changing -y to -ies.