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SPELLING PROGRAMME - PART 3

Target 15: Plurals (2)- Words ending in ‘f’ and ‘fe’;

Irregular Plurals; Using Quite and Quiet

Plurals Rule 2:
For words ending in ‘f’ – change the ‘f’ to ‘ves’.
For words ending in ‘fe’ – change the ‘fe’ to ‘ves’.

Complete this table:-

one half two halves

one wife two
one leaf two

one loaf two
one shelf two

Odd (irregular) Plurals: These plurals do not follow a rule!

Unjumble the words in bold to find the plural.

man – emn ( _ _ _ ) woman – nwemo ( _ _ _ _ _ )

tooth – ehtte ( _ _ _ _ _ ) mouse – imec ( _ _ _ _ )

foot – tfee ( _ _ _ _ ) sheep – phees ( _ _ _ _ _ )

goose – segee ( _ _ _ _ _ ) child – rndehcli ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)

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