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Plurals with S and ES Worksheet, 3rd Grade
Cat to cats, lunch to lunches: this plurals with s and es worksheet lays out both rules clearly, then puts students to work immediately across two distinct exercise types.
Two color-coded reference boxes at the top explain the rules side by side. The green box covers adding -s to most nouns, the purple box covers nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, or sh that need -es, each with illustrated examples.
Section one asks students to write the plural form of ten nouns including dog, pen, box, dish, fox, brush, and beach. Section two shifts to circling the correct plural from two options, supported by small pictures of tomatoes, buses, boxes, beaches, brushes, and churches. The plurals with s and es worksheet moves from guided reference to independent recall, making it a solid single-session activity for third graders working on plural noun spelling.
A plurals with s and es worksheet covering ten fill-in nouns and six picture-based circle exercises. Suits third-grade spelling practice perfectly.
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Usage Notes
Colored pencils are a natural fit here for circling answers in Section 2 without bleeding through. Students might also use a green pencil for -s answers and a purple one for -es answers to mirror the worksheet’s own color coding. Keep markers away from the fill-in lines in Section 1, as broad tips make the handwriting spaces cramped.
Printing Tips
Standard 20 lb copy paper works fine at 100 percent scale. Scaling down reduces the fill-in lines to unusable widths, so keep the print size at full page.