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Grade 3 Spelling · Level 3, Your child adds endings that change the base word: doubling (sitting), dropping the e (smiled) and changing y to i (cries, happier).

Adding -s and -es

Practises plurals with -es after s, x, sh and ch (foxes, dishes) and plain -s after a vowel and y (keys, toys).

The words

-es after s, x, sh, ch: foxes; keys

  • foxes
  • wishes
  • dishes
  • buses
  • beaches
  • watches
  • sandwiches
  • bushes
  • keys
  • toys
  • trays