Pennington Publishing Blog

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.