This resource has been designed for students working towards Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English certification. It contains an age-appropriate, 110-slide PowerPoint lesson and a 35-page workbook on the Entry Level 2 writing component - form regular plurals (those ending in ‘-s’ and ‘-es’ ).

PowerPoint Lesson

The PowerPoint lesson clearly explains the rules for forming plurals and includes:

regular nouns - adding ‘s’
nouns ending in ‘ch’ , ‘sh’, ‘x’ and ‘s’
nouns ending in ‘o’
nouns ending in ‘z’

Opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to form plurals and there is a timed plural challenge activity. The PowerPoint also contains links to two short videos on the forming of plurals with ‘s’ and ‘es’.

Workbook

This 35-page workbook contains 11 information pages, 20 worksheets (with answers) and a progress check on making plural nouns for:

regular nouns - adding ‘s’
nouns ending in ‘ch’ , ‘sh’, ‘x’ and ‘s’
nouns ending in ‘o’
nouns ending in ‘z’

Tasks include:

selecting the correct plural form
sorting nouns into those ending in ‘s’ and those ending in ‘es’
rewriting sentences containing the correct plural
composing sentences containing plurals

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