The Plurals Spelling Rule
The Plurals Spelling Rule
Check out the song! The Plurals Spelling Rule
(to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
1. If there is a vowel before
Mary had a little lamb,
The letters o or y,
Little lamb, little lamb.
“Add an s onto the end
Mary had a little lamb
And to most nouns,” said I.
Its fleece was white as snow.
2. If there is a consonant
And everywhere that Mary went,
Before an o or y,
Mary went, Mary went.
Add “e-s” onto the end
Everywhere that Mary went
But change the y to i.
The lamb was sure to go.
3. Add “e-s” onto an x,
It followed her to school one day,
to /ch/, /sh/, /s/, or z.
School one day, school one day.
Also add onto an f,
It followed her to school one day,
but change the f to v.
Which was against the rules.
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