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This is a worksheet to present and practice the main different plural forms (-s, -es, irregular) and their pronunciation. Students write the plurals, categorise them according to the sound they make and try to think of some more of their own.



Tips

You may wish to brainstorm animal vocabulary as a lead into the worksheet.



Don't worry if you struggle to hear the difference between the /s/ and /z/ sounds. Sometimes it can be quite subtle. 



For your own reference, words ending with a voiced consonant (b, d, g, j, l m, n, ng, r, v, r, y, z) take a /z/ sound and words ending with an unvoiced consonants (k, p, s, t) take a /s/ sound.



Answer Key

1 cats, birds, bees, horses, fish, dogs, foxes, sheep, mice, tortoises, ducks bats



2

/z/ birds, bees, dogs

/s/ cats, bats, ducks

/iz/ horses, foxes, tortoises

? fish, mice, sheep



3

/z/ zebras, owls, frogs, tigers, monkeys

/s/ parrots, sharks, snakes, turtles

/iz/ rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, ostriches

? people, geese, deer, moose

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Animal Plurals

animal-plurals

This is a worksheet to present and practice the main different plural forms (-s, -es, irregular) and their pronunciation. Students write the plurals, categorise…