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GRADE 5 LESSON 15. Irregular Plurals Compound Words. Many nouns do NOT follow the regular pattern for adding -s or – es to show more than one (plural form). Regular: hat + s = hat s ; watch + es = watch es When words do not follow the regular pattern, we say they are IR REGULAR
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GRADE 5 LESSON 15 Irregular Plurals Compound Words
Many nouns do NOT follow the regular pattern for adding -s or –esto show more than one (plural form). • Regular: hat + s = hats; watch + es = watches • When words do not follow the regular pattern, we say they are IRREGULAR • (ir = not). • In this spelling lesson, we will focus on a few irregular plural nouns... Irregular plural words
Singular (1) Plural (2 or more) child children person people mouse mice cactus cacti ox oxen tooth teeth foot feet IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
With some irregular plural nouns, the word stays the same… Singular (1) Plural (2 or more) salmon salmon deer deer sheep sheep IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
When we combine two words to make one new word, we call it a compound word. Examples: play + ground = playground church + yard = churchyard shoe + maker = shoemaker COMPOUND WORDS
children moonlight people churchyard feet overhead teeth shoemaker mice playground cacti football oxen lunchbox salmon backpack deer knapsack sheep riverbank SPELLING WORDS