Simply Add -s
Catching the -es Suffix
The "Y to I" Rule
Tricky Trimming (Leaves & Shells)
100

The plural form of the word sunflower.

What is sunflowers?

100

The plural form of the word dish.

What is dishes?

100

The plural form of the word butterfly.

What is butterflies?

100

The plural form of the word shell.

What is shells?

200

The plural form of the word bud (the small growth on a plant before it blossoms).

What is buds?

200

We add -es instead of -s when a base word ends in these two letters, like in dish or wish.

What is sh?
200

When a base word ends in a consonant plus the letter "y", you must change the "y" to this letter before adding -es.

What is i?

200

The plural form of the word leaf.

What is leaves?
300

The plural form of the word root.

What is roots?

300

The plural form of the word box.

What is boxes?

300

The plural form of the word baby.

What is babies?

300

When changing leaf to leaves, the letter f changes into this letter before adding the suffix.

What is v?

400

The plural form of the word colour.

What is colours?
400

The plural form of the word bunch.

What is bunches?

400

The plural form of the word berry.

What is berries?

400

How many total morphemes are in the word sunflowers?

What is 3? (sun+flower+s).

500

True or False: We add -s to nouns to show that there is only one of something.

What is False? (It means more than one).

500

Name three consonants or consonant blends that usually require an -es ending to become plural.

What are ch, sh, x, s, or z?

500

Why does the word day just become days (adding -s), but fly becomes flies(changing the you to i)?

What is because day has a vowel before the y, while fly has a consonant before the y?

500

Identify the base word and the suffix in the word colours.

What is colour (base) and -s (suffix)?