Language Tree SB 2

Unit 5

Watch out! The plural of monkey does not end in ‘ies’. If a word ends in ‘ay’, ‘ey’, ‘iy’, ‘oy’ or ‘uy’, we add ‘ s ’. monkey è monkey s

5 Write the plural of these words.

key

donkey

cherry

toy

daisy

day

fly

Word work: syllables

1 How many syllables are there in each of these words? Say the word. Clap to find the number of syllables.

monkey

crocodile

yellow

enemy

together

pumpkin

2 Divide these animal words into syllables. Example: lion è li-on

tiger

elephant

puppy

pelican

panda

3 How many syllables are there in your name?

• Word work: Exercise 2: There may be more than one way of splitting the word. • Ask pupils to suggest their own words with one, two or three syllables. • Select words with differing numbers of syllables and say them aloud one by one. Ask pupils to say, on the basis of what they hear, how many syllables each one has.

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