1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 9 of 13
More Than One
Add -s for more
What your child practices
Plurals: adding -s to a naming word means more than one (one cat, two cats). Stretch questions add -es to words like box and fox.
Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.32 · adding -s to name more than one
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- One means just one thing: a cat.
- Add -s to mean more than one: cats.
- One car, two cars.
Example: One dog, two ___. Which word? Two means more than one. Add -s to dog. Answer: dogs
More Than One in Alabama
In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 9 of 13 in 1st grade English Language Arts, after Describing Words and before Kinds of Sentences.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which word fits? “There are three .”
🐱🐱🐱- birds
- cat
- cats
cats
Hint: There is more than one cat, so add -s: cats.
Question 2
Does “trees” mean one or more than one?
- 🌳🌳more than one
- 🌳one
🌳🌳 more than one
Hint: The -s at the end of “trees” means more than one.
Question 3
Which word fits? “There are four .”
🐝🐝🐝🐝- bee
- bees
- dogs
bees
Hint: There is more than one bee, so add -s: bees.
Question 4
One frog, two . Which word?
🐸🐸- frogs
- frog
- balls
frogs
Hint: For more than one, add -s to the end: frog → frogs.
Question 5
One book, two . Which word?
📕📕- book
- birds
- books
books
Hint: For more than one, add -s to the end: book → books.
Question 6
Does “hats” mean one or more than one?
- 🎩🎩more than one
- 🎩one
🎩🎩 more than one
Hint: The -s at the end of “hats” means more than one.