1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 9 of 19
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.
New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 1L1 · 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 New York
In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 9 of 19 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
One frog, two . Which word?
🐸🐸- frog
- frogs
- trees
frogs
Hint: For more than one, add -s to the end: frog → frogs.
Question 2
Which word fits? “We have four .”
🚗🚗🚗🚗- birds
- car
- cars
cars
Hint: There is more than one car, so add -s: cars.
Question 3
Which word fits? “I see three .”
🍎🍎🍎- apple
- cars
- apples
apples
Hint: There is more than one apple, so add -s: apples.
Question 4
Does “star” mean one or more than one?
- ⭐one
- ⭐⭐more than one
⭐ one
Hint: “star” has no -s at the end, so it means just one.
Question 5
One drum, two . Which word?
🥁🥁- dogs
- drums
- drum
drums
Hint: For more than one, add -s to the end: drum → drums.
Question 6
Does “hat” mean one or more than one?
- 🎩🎩more than one
- 🎩one
🎩 one
Hint: “hat” has no -s at the end, so it means just one.