Plural Nouns -s and -es Worksheets

About this resource

One duck, two ducks, one bus, two buses. Plural nouns look easy until a child has to decide between s and es, and then has to write the whole word. This is a full plural-noun kit for first and second grade: count, trace, match, sort, add the ending, write the word, fix the word and write a sentence, with primary handwriting lines on the word and sentence writing pages and room to work on every page.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (31 pages)

• 14 student pages in 9 page types (below), each with a big "My name" line and one short instruction
• 61 different nouns, each a picture: 51 add s and 10 add es (3 end in s, 2 in x, 3 in ch, 2 in sh); every noun is one practice item on one student page, so no practice item repeats across the student pages
• 18 cut-and-glue pieces: six a page, three pages, each page a block that takes 3 straight cuts
• 1 rules page for the teacher (with a blank line for your program's own wording), 3 answer keys built from the same data as the pages
• 1 tracker (13 rows), 1 class progress grid (15 rows), 1 team note, 1 home page, 1 filled example (an invented student), 1 phrase bank (17 starters)
• 1 binder cover and 6 divider tabs with a spine label to cut out
• Start Here, a how-to-read-a-page page, and a back page

THE NINE PAGE TYPES (dots show the level, never color)

1. Plural Helper (1 dot) — one pig, many pigs (add s); four words that end in s, x, ch and sh, each with its es plural.

2. One or Many? (1 dot, 2 pages) — count the pictures, circle the word: 12 items.

3. Trace the Ending (1 dot) — duck + s, the s printed faintly to trace: 6 items.

4. Glue the Picture (2 dots) — read six plural words, cut six pictures (two of each) and glue each on its word.

5. Sort by Ending (2 dots, 2 pages) — cut six cards (a picture and its word), glue each under +s or +es; three of each on each page.

6. Add the Ending (2 dots) — duck + a box: write s or es. 6 items, 2 of them es.

7. Write the Word (3 dots, 2 pages) — pictures of many and the word for one; write the plural on primary lines: 6 items.

8. Fix the Word (3 dots, 2 pages) — a wrong plural is underlined (crown, wrenchs); write it right: 6 items.

9. Write a Sentence (3 dots, 2 pages) — pictures, sentence starters on the page, two primary-line boxes each: 6 items.

Built For The Child Holding The Page

A big "My name" line, one short instruction with a picture, large rounded letters, and full-color pictures. The Write the Word, Fix the Word and Write a Sentence boxes are on primary lines: the Write the Word and Fix the Word boxes are at least 1.2 inches tall, the sentence boxes at least 0.6 inch, the Add the Ending boxes 0.85 inch. Nothing on a student page is written for an adult. Cutting is limited to two Sort pages and one Glue page: six pieces a page, touching edge to edge, no piece smaller than 1.15 inches on a side.

Type In, Or Print

The name and date lines, the tracker, the class grid, the team note, the home page and the rules-page note box are type-in fields in any PDF reader. The letters a student writes in the boxes are pencil work. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.

Who This Is For

First and second grade classrooms, self-contained and resource rooms, and any teacher working with an older student who still needs plural nouns. The home page sends the same job to a family; the team note hands off what changed since the last meeting.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

Regular plural practice (add s or es) with the record-keeping around it. It is not a probe, a goal bank or a score sheet, and not a claim about any student's age or rate of progress. Plurals that change the word (child, children), words that end in a consonant and y, words that end in f or o, and words that end in z are not practiced. The rules page leaves a line for your program's own wording of the rule. If a child names a picture another way, say the word for them.