KS2 English textbook

Chapter 4: Plurals and possession

Strand Grammar and punctuation
Level Year 4
Practice 93 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 English, Year 4. Content: Tell a plural -s from a possessive -s, and know that a plural never has an apostrophe, Make the plural of nouns with s, es, -ies, -ves and -o endings, and of irregular plurals such as children and teeth, Use the possessive apostrophe with a singular owner, such as the cat's tail, Use the possessive apostrophe with a plural owner: after the s when the owner ends in s (the foxes' dens), and apostrophe and s when it does not (the men's voices), Use its, their, it's and they're correctly, and know that possessive pronouns have no apostrophe, Use the terms plural, singular, possession and apostrophe.

Open Year 4 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

Say whether a word is singular or plural, and make the plural of most nouns
Make the plural of nouns that end in y, f, fe or o, and learn the irregular plurals
Show that one owner has something, with an apostrophe and s
Show that more than one owner has something, and put the apostrophe in the right place
Choose its, their, it's and they're, and explain why its has no apostrophe
Explain the difference between a plural and a possessive, and use the terms correctly

You should already know

Contraction apostrophes such as don't and can't (Year 2) and the possessive apostrophe with one owner (Year 3)
Prefixes, suffixes and root words (Chapter 3 of this book)

Where this leads

Direct speech, where punctuation marks are set around spoken words (Chapter 5)
Noun phrases, pronouns and verb forms, including possessive pronouns (Chapter 7)

Lessons in this chapter

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