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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