Plurals Puzzle

FOCUS
Spelling plurals
LEVEL
Advanced
SOFTWARE CONNECTION
Level 5 plurals
GROUPING
Individual
SUPPLIES
Copies of Plurals Puzzle Activity Sheet (1 per student), copies of the Spelling Squares Activity
Sheet (at the back of this guide), pencils
ACTIVITY
1. Review how to spell plurals for the following types of nouns. Ask volunteers to use the
sample words in sentences and to write the words on the board.
Nouns ending in -f (calf/calves)
Nouns ending in -y (city/cities)
Nouns ending in -o (echo/echoes, radio/radios)
Nouns ending in -ey (donkey/donkeys)
Nouns ending in -ch, -x,- z (match/matches, fox/foxes, buzz/buzzes)
2. Distribute the activity sheets.
Explain that the clues are all singu-
lar nouns and students are to com-
plete the puzzle by writing the
corresponding plural nouns.
3. Allow time for students to complete
the puzzle. Check answers together
as students correct their work.
4. Have students practice the words
they missed by making two-word
crosswords using copies of the
Spelling Squares Activity Sheet
found at the end of this guide.
Instruct students to write the
singular noun across and the plural
noun down. The two words should
share a letter where they cross each
other.
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p r
t o m a t o e s l o a v e s
n o
m n p f
i i b o d i e s
x e t p
c h i e f s m a t c h e s u
h s t v p
u l c o m p a n i e s p
r u e t i
h c k i d n e y s o e
e h c t h i e v e s
r e f h a s
o s c a r v e s r l
e m s o v
s t u d i o s l a d i e s
l e s
i o
m o n k e y s s
s
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Across
3. tomato 15. kidney
4. loaf 16. thief
7. body 19. scarf
9. chief 21. studio
10. match 22. lady
13. company 23. monkey
Down
1. penny 11. veto
2. roof 12. lunch
5. mix 14. hero
6. potato 17. half
8. puppy 18. family
9. church 20. rodeo
Plurals Puzzle
Activity Sheet