Instructional Video15:47
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Adding '-es' to nouns ending in 'y'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can turn nouns that end in 'y' into plurals. Key learning points: - A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word. - Adding '-s' or '-es' to a noun creates a plural. - The 'y'...
Instructional Video22:37
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Using apostrophes for contraction, singular possession and plural possession

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can accurately punctuate sentences including apostrophes for contraction, singular possession or plural possession. Key learning points: - An apostrophe is an important piece of punctuation with more than one purpose. -...
Instructional Video22:19
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Apostrophes for contraction, singular possession and plural possession

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can show how an apostrophe works for contraction, singular possession and plural possession. Key learning points: - An apostrophe is an important piece of punctuation with more than one purpose. - An apostrophe can...
Instructional Video18:50
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Making plurals using the suffixes -s and -ies

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can turn nouns from singular to plural when I add the suffix -s or by changing the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ and adding the suffix -es. Key learning points: - Adding -s or -es to a noun creates a plural. - If the word ends in a...
Instructional Video24:07
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Practise and apply turning nouns from singular to plural using the suffix "-es"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use a range of strategies to practise turning words from singular to plural. Key learning points: - -es is a suffix that can turn a singular noun into a plural. - Using the strategy 'pyramid letters' is a useful...
Instructional Video19:09
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Forming plural nouns using the suffix -s and -ies

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can apply spelling rules to spell plural nouns that end in the suffix -s and -ies. Key learning points: - Adding -s or -es to a noun creates a plural. - If the word ends in a vowel (a, e, i, u) or consonant, just add -s....
Instructional Video19:58
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Forming irregular plural nouns

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell common irregular plural nouns that do not follow clear rules. Key learning points: - Regular plurals follow spelling rules. - There are no rules for irregular plurals; you just have to learn them. - Examples of...
Instructional Video24:07
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Changing nouns from singular to plural using alternative rules

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can turn nouns from singular to plural by changing 'f' to a 'v' and adding the suffix -es. Key learning points: - For words containing an 'f' change the 'f' to a 'v' and add the suffix -es to turn them into a plural. -...
Instructional Video23:22
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Numbers: 1-12, plural nouns, 'il y a'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use numbers 1-12 with nouns to understand how many there are. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [oi] sounds like the ‘oi’ in trois, three. - To make nouns plural French often adds ‘s’. - Numbers...
Instructional Video25:17
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Changing nouns from singular to plural

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can turn nouns from singular to plural when I add the suffix -s or by changing the 'y' to an 'i' and adding the suffix -es. Key learning points: - For some words you can add "-s" to turn into a plural. - For words ending...
Instructional Video24:15
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On my list: hay, 'unos' and 'unas' meaning 'some'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can create a list using singular and plural indefinite articles and nouns, and 'hay'. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [qui] can be contrasted for practice with the key sound [ci]. - Indefinite...
Instructional Video24:04
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What does Quique have? 'Tengo', 'tiene', numbers 1-12, plural nouns

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use numbers 1-12 with nouns to describe how many I and others have. Key learning points: - Numbers 1-12 go before the noun to indicate how many. Numbers don't change spelling for gender. - Adding-s to nouns ending in...
Instructional Video25:44
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Do you have? 'Tienes', numbers and plural nouns

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use numbers 1-12 with nouns and ‘tener’ to ask and answer about how many things I and others have. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [ce] can be contrasted for practice with the key sound [ci]. -...
Instructional Video27:57
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Forming plural nouns using the suffix -es and -ves

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can apply spelling rules to spell plural nouns that end in the suffix -es and -ves. Key learning points: - If the root word ends in a ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘ss’ or ‘x’, then add the suffix -es. - If the root word ends in an ‘o’,...
Instructional Video29:39
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Christmas traditions: 'sein' 3rd person singular and plural, plurals - +(e)n

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can recognise and use German plural rule 3 - add -(e)n to feminine nouns - and say what things are like using ‘ist’ and ‘sind’. Key learning points: - 'Sein' means 'to be, being', 'ist' (is) is the 3rd person singular...
Instructional Video30:50
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Fire at the zoo! Plural adjectives

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can confidently use masculine plural nouns and plural adjectives to describe a day in the life of a journalist. Key learning points: - To make masculine nouns ending -eu/eau plural, add -x and change nouns ending -al/ail...
Instructional Video30:28
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Making plurals using the suffix -es and -ves

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can make nouns plural by adding -es or changing 'f' or 'fe' to 'v' and then adding -es. Key learning points: - If the root word ends in a ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘ss’ or ‘x’, then add the suffix -es. - If the root word ends in an...
Instructional Video33:21
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Where we go: 'aller' 1st person plural

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use 'nous allons' with the preposition 'à' to say and understand where we go. Key learning points: - The SSCs [an] and [en] make the same sound, as in 'enfant'. - 'Au', 'à la', 'à l'' and 'aux' all mean 'to the'. The...
Instructional Video32:30
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Numbers 1-12: 'il y a'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use numbers 1-12 with 'il y a' to say how many of something there is or there are. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [eu] sounds like the 'eu' in 'deux', two. - Adding -s to nouns makes them...
Instructional Video32:42
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Apostrophes: for contraction, singular possession and plural possession 2

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can accurately punctuate sentences including apostrophes for contraction, singular possession or plural possession. Key learning points: - An apostrophe is an important piece of punctuation with more than one purpose. -...
Instructional Video32:19
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Apostrophes for plural possession

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can show how an apostrophe works for plural possession. Key learning points: - An apostrophe is an important piece of punctuation. - An apostrophe has more than one purpose. - An apostrophe can show if a noun belongs to...
Instructional Video34:12
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Apostrophes for singular possession and for plural possession

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use an apostrophe accurately to signal singular possession or plural possession. Key learning points: - An apostrophe has more than one purpose. - An apostrophe can show if a noun belongs to another singular noun. -...
Instructional Video38:33
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Where people go: 'à l'' and 'aux'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use a variety of singular and plural nouns with the preposition à to say and understand where I and others go. Key learning points: - The e at the end of words is silent in French. This is called the silent final e...
Instructional Video34:31
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Numbers 1-12: plurals adding umlaut + -er

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can count to twelve in German, and recognise plurals of masculine, feminine and neuter nouns using four different plural rules. Key learning points: - For noun plural rule 4, some masculine and neuter nouns add -er with...