Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 9 of 9
More Than One
Add -s for more
What your child practises
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.
NWT Curriculum learning standard: Language features and conventions: plurals; spelling of simple words
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 means more than one?
- balls
- pig
- cat
balls
Hint: Look for a naming word with -s added to the end.
Question 2
Which word fits? “We have four .”
🐷🐷🐷🐷- trees
- pig
- pigs
pigs
Hint: There is more than one pig, so add -s: pigs.
Question 3
One apple, two . Which word?
🍎🍎- apple
- apples
- pigs
apples
Hint: For more than one, add -s to the end: apple → apples.
Question 4
One frog, two . Which word?
🐸🐸- ducks
- frog
- frogs
frogs
Hint: For more than one, add -s to the end: frog → frogs.
Question 5
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.
Question 6
Does “cat” mean one or more than one?
- 🐱one
- 🐱🐱more than one
🐱 one
Hint: “cat” has no -s at the end, so it means just one.