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Answer key · not for pupils Spelling sequence

One or Lots?

Adding s and es to mean more than one

Lesson 2 of 17
Year 1

Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.

MildMore than one? Add s. Never an apostrophe.

1 · Tick the right plural

a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. I ate two plums.
  2. We washed the dishes.
  3. There are six cups.

4 · Help Polpetta

It is wrong because nothing belongs to the cake or the drink. It just means more than one, so add s and no apostrophe: Fresh cakes and hot drinks.

2 · Find the 3 mistakes

1cake'scakes
2bunbuns
3boxsboxes

glasses is the long plural already right (the decoy).

MediumMost words just add s. Ends in s, x, ch, sh or z? Add es. Never an apostrophe.

1 · Tick the right plural

a Bb Bc Ad AA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. Tick: buns, cups, plates · We ate three warm buns.
  2. Tick: dishes, boxes, buses · Polpetta washed all the dishes.
  3. Tick: The cups and plates are clean., The dishes and boxes are wet.

4 · Help Polpetta

Nothing belongs to the cake or the drink, they just mean more than one. A plural adds s and never takes an apostrophe: Fresh cakes and hot drinks.

2 · Find the 4 mistakes

1cake'scakes
2sandwich'ssandwiches
3boxsboxes
4dishsdishes

glasses is the long plural already right (the decoy). buns is also correct.

SpicySay the plural out loud. If your mouth needs an extra beat, it needs es.

1 · Tick the right plural

a Bb Ac Ad BA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. We sell buns and sandwiches. Sandwich ends in ch, so it needs es to be said; bun just takes s.
  2. The cups, plates and dishes are all clean.
  3. Hot drinks (not drink's), nothing belongs to the drink.

4 · Help Polpetta

Drink's is still wrong because nothing belongs to the drink; it is just more than one drink, so it is drinks with no apostrophe: Fresh cakes and hot drinks. A plural that needs es: sandwiches (or boxes, lunches).

2 · Find the 6 mistakes

1cake'scakes
2sandwich'ssandwiches
3boxsboxes
4drinkesdrinks
5dishsdishes
6LunchsLunches

glasses is the long plural already right (the decoy). drinkes is the word with an es it does not need.

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