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Word Wise • Completing a crossword

A. Use collective nouns to complete the crossword with the help of the given clues.
Discuss with your partner too.

Across
1. A of pearls

2. A of shoes
6. An of soldiers

7. A of stars

Down
3. A of players

4. A of thieves
5. A of houses

8. A of puppies

• Creativity
Spell Well • Communication Skills
• Jumbled letters
 We know that we add -s, -es or -ies to some countable nouns to form plurals.

Examples: door — doors; bush — bushes; party — parties
 We can also form plurals by adding -ves to nouns ending with -f or -fe.

Examples: leaf — leaves; life — lives
 Some nouns ending with -f, -ffe and -ff form plurals by just adding -s.

Examples: roof — roofs, giraffe — giraffes, cliff — cliffs

A. Add -s, -es, -ies or -ves to change these words to their plural form. Learn their
spellings well.

1. dress 2. rule

3. chief 4. family

5. shelf 6. wife

7. wall 8. pony

9. thief 10. knife

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