how to spell (shorty): adding -es

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Hi there this is Joanne from How to Spell.co.uk and in this simplified shorty lesson we're looking at the adding -es to the end of words rule, and it's one of the easiest rules to remember and use.

Add -es to words ending in s, ss, sh, ch, x, z to make plurals and third person verbs (he she it)
I have 3 watches. (plural)
She/He/It watches TV every morning. (Third person verb)

bus - buses
gas - gases
address - addresses
business - businesses
wash - washes
varnish - varnishes
bench - benches
peach - peaches
box - boxes
fix - fixes
waltz - waltzes
quiz - quizzes
(notice quizzes also has the 1:1:1 doubling up rule remember that from the shorty lesson? So we have 1 syllable (quiz) + 1 vowel (i) next to 1 end consonant z so double up the z There are two vowels but remember because q is always with u so is classed as one consonant sound

He washes and waxes his car every weekend.
She has three businesses and pays lots of taxes.
He fixes old wooden boxes.
She watches loads of quizzes on TV.

But like all spelling rules there are always exceptions to the rule.
If the -ch ending is pronounced with a "k" sound, you add -s not -es:
stomach - stomachs
epoch - epochs

That's it for this shorty lesson.
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