This is the rules to create a plural from a word
If the word only ends in one consonant, to make it plural we just have to add s
If the final two letters in a word are a consonant, to make it a plural we add es
boat -> boats
bench-> benches
Synthetic Inquiry: Find 5 more words (not from the word list) that end in a single consonant and 5 more words that end in a double consonant. Apply this rule to show how to make these nouns plural. Challenge yourself to think of the words in your head or use technology to support you.
Word lists
P*-s
boats
books
chairs
coins
goals
rooms
seeds
shops
teams
bikes
games
homes
shapes
tubes
cages
noises
pages
prizes
roses
sizes
P*-es
benches
lunches
beaches
peaches
gases
buses
brushes
bushes
crashes
fishes
wishes
classes
dresses
glasses
kisses
boxes
foxes
sizes
taxes
buzzes