Elementary Spelling Lessons & Tests - My Schoolhouse

2-28 Spelling Tip

Plural endings.
You add s, es, to some words to name more than one.
You add s to the words eggs and pears to make more than one.
You add es to boxes and dishes to name more than one.
Sometimes you change the y to i and then add es.
You change the y to i and then add es in the words cherries and berries.

Words		Sentences
1.	eggs	Twelve eggs make a dozen.
2.	pears	The pears are yellow.
3.	girls	The boys and girls are helping.
4.	ears	You hear with your ears.
5.	tigers	Tigers have black stripes.
6.	dishes	The dishes need to be washed.
7.	wishes	You can make three wishes.
8.	fishes	The fishes swam up the river.
9.	witches	I saw witches on Halloween.
10.	cherries	Fill the pail with red cherries.
11.	skies	The skies are blue and white.
12.	berries	Berries are sweet to eat.
13.	dries	The sun dries the sand.
14.	cries	The baby cries all night.
15.	flies	The plane flies high.