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Hi there, and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss.

I love spelling, and I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

With you today, you need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains, as well as that something to write with and write on and someone or something to talk to would be great as well.

Let's get right into today's spending lesson then.

In today's lesson, we're going to be changing nouns from singular to plural using the suffix es.

The outcome will be, I can turn nouns from singular to plural when I add the suffix es to words ending in sh, ch, ss, and x.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Make sure I can hear you saying these.

Suffix, plural, singular, root word, noun.

Well done.

So a suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a root word.

A plural means more than one.

Singular means only one.

A root word is the base word from which other words are formed, often by adding prefixes or suffixes.

And a noun is a naming word for people, places, or things.

So today we are going to be using nouns as our root words, and we are going to be adding the suffix es onto singular nouns as our root words to create plurals, more than one of that noun.

Here's the outline for today then.

We're changing nouns from singular to plural using the suffix es.

We're gonna look at some rules for using that es suffix and then we're gonna have a go at practise and applying using this rule by looking at some words.

So common nouns, name people, places, and things.

They can be singular or plural.

Remember, singular means a single one.

Plural means more than one.

Here we have only one.

Here we have more than one.

The spelling of a noun changes if it is plural.

So I have one car and then I have two cars.

Car there has changed.

When I add a suffix to the end of it, it has become a plural.

The suffix is s, and es can be used to show a word is plural.

Here you can see I have my root word cat.

That's a singular word, and I've added the plural s to the end of that word to make cats, which is plural.

Here we have book.

I add s, and it becomes books, plural.

Here I have a singular bus.

I add es, and it becomes buses, plural.

Here I have story.

Notice here that I've removed the y and then added ies.

There are different ways to show a plural noun.

And the root word affects how the word changes when we add our suffix to create our plural noun.

So we're going to read some words.

Hats, blocks, stars, babies, cities, stories, monkeys, boys.

What do you notice about all of these words? Pause the video and have a think.

Great.

They all end in the suffix s or es, and they are all plurals of what were previously singular nouns.

So these words follow different rules when we add the suffix, s or es, though.

The root words have in some instances changed and in other instances stayed the same, and we've just added our plural suffix to the end.

What rules can you remember, I wonder, when we add either s or es to create plurals? Pause the video.

What rules do you remember? Great.

Some really great conversations going on there.

So you may recall in some instances we just add s, and in some instances we just add es.

Do remember as well, if the word ends in a y and it is preceded by consonant, we then remove the y and add an i before adding our es.

However, some words that end in y, if they're followed by, preceded by a vowel sound, then we just add an s; words like monkeys, for instance.

Words like story, city and baby all have that y removed and then we add our ies.

So remember, sometimes we just add an s or an es, sometimes we must remove the y and add ies, and sometimes we keep the y and just add an s.

So have a look here.

We've got some missing words in these sentences, and I'd like you to select the correct words from below.

There's three missing words and there's six words below.

So some of them are wrong, some of them are right.

I'd like you to choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

I'll read it to you first.

S and es are types of mm that are added to the mm of a word.

When s or es is added to the end of word, it can show that a word is mm.

Pause the video and finish that sentence for me now by selecting the correct words.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

Let's see how you've done then.

S and es are types of suffix that are added to the end of a word.

Remember, we add suffixes to the end of a word.

When s or es is added to the end of a word, it can show that a word is plural.

So more than one.

Brilliant.

Pause the video and see how you did.

Perhaps read the sentence out again.

So we've already generated three rules when adding s or es to create plurals.

In some instances we just add s, in other instances, we remove the y and add ies, and then sometimes we keep the y and add s.

Let's have a look at these rules then in practise.

Just adding s, words like boot, girl and flower.

Then we have story, fairy and family all ending in a y.

That y is preceded by consonant letter.

And then we have boy, trade and key.

That y there is preceded by a vowel and is part of a digraph, oy, ay, ey.

So we keep the y and add an s.

So when we add an s, the root word just stays the same.

When our y spelling is making e or an i sound and is preceded by a consonant, we remove the y and add ies.

And when the root words end in a digraph, including a y, so oy, ay, ey, there, like the word key, we just add an s.

So look at what happens when the suffix es is added to these nouns.

Fly becomes flies, lady becomes ladies, battery becomes batteries.

This can be when our y is making an i or an e sound.

And notice here, the y is preceded by a consonant letter each time.

So we remove that y and we add an i before adding our es.

So we remove the y and add ies.

So have a look at these words.

What do you notice about what's happened when we added our es suffix? How's the root word changed? Pause the video and have a think.

Great, some lovely conversations going on there.

Absolutely.

We've removed the y and we've added ies.

What will the spelling of these words be when the suffix es is added? We have three words here, lady, story, city.

Look at the root word carefully.

Think about what's going to happen to make this word a plural.

We're going to need to add our es suffix, but is the root word going to change? The spelling of the root word can help us to know the spelling of the new word that we're going to make.

Pause the video, have a go at spelling, ladies, stories and cities.

Off yo go.

Good job, team.

So let's have a look.

Lady becomes ladies, story becomes stories, and city becomes cities.

So our rule we here was remove the y and add ies.

Great.

Now look what happens when the suffix es is added to these nouns.

I have dish, like the dish that you might eat something off of, becomes dishes.

Bench, like the bench you might sit on, becomes benches.

Dress, like a dress that you might wear becomes dresses.

Fox becomes foxes.

What do you notice here? What's happening each time? Is the root word changing at all? Pause the video and have a think.

Okay, so absolutely we can see here that we are just adding es and we have a sh, ch, ss and x sound.

We have our sh spelling, our ch spelling, our ss spelling and our x spelling.

And whenever a word ends in these sounds or these letters, we just add es.

So if a nouns ends in sh, ch, ss or x, we add the suffix es to turn them into a plural noun.

And here's our rule.

If the word ends in sh, ch, ss, or x, just add es.

Let's look at some more words where the suffix es is added to the root words ending in either sh, ch, ss or x.

So we have wish, becomes wishes.

Brush becomes brushes.

Church becomes churches.

Match becomes matches.

Class or class becomes classes or classes.

Kiss becomes kisses.

Fox becomes foxes.

And box becomes boxes.

So we can see here each time when that word ends, that root word ends in sh, ch, ss or x, we just add es.

There's one thing also to notice is that the pronunciation has also changed.

The es sounds like an is.

Wishes.

So it sounds like an i-i-s.

Brushes.

I didn't say brushes or wishes.

Classes, kisses.

I don't say kisses or classes.

So be careful.

It's that es spelling, but it sounds like an is.

So have a look here.

Which rule do root words ending in sh, ch, ss or X follow? And I've got some examples here.

Dress, bench and box.

I've got A, B, C, or D.

A is just add an s.

B is just add es.

C is keep the the y and add s.

And D is remove the y, then add ies.

Which rule are these root words going to follow? Pause the video and select A, B, C, and D now.

Point to the correct one.

Great job.

Absolutely, is just going to add es, 'cause we know when our root word ends in our, singular noun, ends in sh, ch, ss or x, we add the es suffix to make it plural.

Dresses, benches, boxes.

Remember, it's that es spelling, but it sounds like is, I-S, doesn't it? Notice that the root word does not change when the suffix es is added to nouns ending in sh, ch, ss or x.

Brush.

Here is my root word.

I'm adding that es suffix to make it plural.

Brushes.

Stitch, like the stitch you might get if you cut yourself, becomes stitches.

Glass or glass becomes glass or glasses.

Fox becomes foxes.

The spelling of the root word helps us to spell the plural.

We know here that each time if our word ends in sh, ch, ss or x, the spelling of that root word is not going to change.

We're just going to add es to make it a plural noun.

And I'm gonna show you some words now, and I want you to think about how these words are going to change when we add our suffix, es.

We have dish, bench, class, boxes.

Remember the spelling of the root word is going to help us to spell the plural.

Pause the video.

How am I going to spell dishes, benches, classes, boxes? Off you go.

Well done, everyone.

Absolutely, we are just going to add es, aren't we? Think about that rule we've generated.

The word ends in sh, ch, ss or x, we just add es.

So dish becomes dishes, bench becomes benches, class becomes classes and box becomes boxes.

Remember our rule, the word ends in sh, ch, ss or x, you just add es.

So here's our first practise task.

I'd like you to put the root words into the correct column and show what will happen when our es suffix is added to these words.

So I've got the words class, church, fox, wish, match, brush, kiss, box, beach, crash, glass.

Think about the ending of each word.

Think about how your plural of that noun is then going to be spelled.

Pause the video, sort them, and create your plural nouns.

Off your go.

Great job, team.

Let's see how you've done then.

I'm hoping you've managed to sort them into something a little bit like this.

Wish, brush and crash all ended in that sh, sh sound.

So we just added our es suffix.

Church, match and beach all ended in that ch spelling.

So we just added es.

And class or class, kiss, and glass or glass, that all ended in that double s, so we just added es.

And fox and box ended in x.

Stays the same, that root word, and we added es.

Remember, sh, ch, ss, x, root word stays the same, you just add es to make it a plural.

Let's have a go practising applying some spellings then.

So let's read the following word.

My turn, your turn.

Promise.

What do you notice about this spelling? Is there a particularly naughty letter there? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

So the se here is making an ss sound.

It's making a ss sound, isn't it, at the end of this word.

So it has a bit of a naughty e here, doesn't it? I didn't say promise.

It's not an i split e.

Okay, I just say promise.

So it's making that just simple s sound, which you might expect to be an ss spelling, given that it's coming after a shorter vowel sound there.

Promise.

Eh, eh.

So remember, naughty e at the end there is that se making that ss sound.

This is a curriculum word.

It's gonna be very helpful for us to remember how this is going to be spelled, 'cause it might come up a lot in our reading and writing.

So promise, which is the correct spelling of the word promise? I promise to complete my work.

Promise.

Point to the correct spelling now.

Okay, let's have a look then.

Now, I think A and B are both phonetically plausible, aren't they? Promise.

Yes, it would make sense.

And it sounds like it does have the word miss in it, which is spelled M-I-S-S.

But we know that promise has that naughty e at the end, and it's that se spelling for that ss sound.

So that's our correct spelling of promise.

Well done.

So to change some nouns from singular to plural, we just have to add that s suffix.

Block becomes blocks.

Monkey becomes monkeys.

The root word here in monkey ends in a digraph, including a y.

So this is one where we don't remove the y and add ies.

The root word does not change in these instances.

So sometimes we just add that s.

We are going to focus on spelling words with the suffix es though, as opposed to the suffix s.

Remember that when the root word ends in a consonant and a y, we remove that y and then we add ies.

Fairy here ends in that y and it's preceded by that consonant letter r.

Remove it and add ies.

Family, remove the y, add ies.

Story.

Remove the y, add ies.

So remember, remove the y and add ies is a common rule.

If you know the spelling of our root word here, then we can also work out the spelling of our new word.

Now we'll practise spelling words with the suffix es using these two rules.

Remove the y and add ies, and if the word ends in sh, ch, ss or x, we just add es.

And here's this in action.

Party and berry both here have that y preceded by a consonant letter.

So we remove the y and add ies.

And remember that y spelling can make an e and i sound.

And here we have wish, bench, glass, and box.

We just add es and our root word stays the same.

So have a look here.

Choose the correct spelling in each sentence.

I'll read the sentences to you first.

"You will be granted three wishes.

The children guzzled the berries greedily.

We packed our belongings into boxes." Pause the video and select the correct spelling to complete each sentence now.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

Let's see how you've done then.

You'll be granted three wishes.

My root word there is wish, which ends in that sh.

I'm just going to add es.

The children guzzled the berries.

Now, berry has that e sound, but with a y spelling.

It's preceded by consonant.

So I need to remove the y and add ies.

And we packed our belongings into boxes.

Box, my root word there, is an x spelling.

X, box.

So I just add es.

Brilliant.

How did you do? Choose the correct plural spelling of the root word coach.

The team had only one coach.

I want to make it a plural.

The other team had three coaches.

How am I going to spell coaches? Pause the video.

Good job, team.

So think about our rule.

This word ends in a ch, doesn't it? Making that ch sound.

So I'm just going to add es, coaches.

Now it looks like coaches.

Remember, we pronounce it coaches.

Okay? It's not an is spelling though, it's an es spelling.

My root word is baby.

How am I going to turn baby into a plural? Select the correct spelling now.

Good job, team.

So baby, the root word there, ends in a y, doesn't it? It's preceded by a consonant.

I need to remove the y and add ies.

So here are four words.

The words are dish, bench, dress, and fox.

And I'd like you to have a go at turning them into plurals by adding the correct suffix.

Remember to look at the root word.

Think about the rules that we've learned.

Knowing the spelling of the root word is going to tell you how the new plural is going to be spelt.

Pause the video and have a go at writing the words dishes, benches, dresses, foxes.

Now off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

Let's see how you've done then.

So dishes written like this.

Now, so root word dish, isn't it, ends in that sh.

What's our rule there? We just add es.

We then have bench.

I'm gonna say it written like this.

Benches is going to be the plural.

Now it sounds like is, doesn't it? Benches.

But remember, it's our es spelling, which makes it a plural.

That's the suffix we've been adding today, es.

So benches there, and it ends in a ch, our root word bench, so we just add es.

Dress, again, ends in that double s.

What do we do? Just add es.

And fox ends in an x.

Foxes.

We need to just add es to make it plural here.

So here are plural spellings of those singular words.

Pause the video, see how you did.

Correct any mistakes and celebrate your successes.

Brilliant work today, everyone.

Today we've been changing nouns from singular to plural using the suffix es.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.

Adding s or es to a noun can create a plural noun, meaning more than one of that particular thing.

When using the es suffix, there are two key spelling rules.

We remove the y and add an ies if that y is preceded by consonant.

And if the word ends in sh, ch, ss or x, we just have to add es and that root word does not change.

Keep up the great spelling, everyone, and I'll see you again soon.