Instructional Video18:50
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Making plurals using the suffixes -s and -ies

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can turn nouns from singular to plural when I add the suffix -s or by changing the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ and adding the suffix -es. Key learning points: - Adding -s or -es to a noun creates a plural. - If the word ends in a...
Instructional Video24:07
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Practise and apply turning nouns from singular to plural using the suffix "-es"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use a range of strategies to practise turning words from singular to plural. Key learning points: - -es is a suffix that can turn a singular noun into a plural. - Using the strategy 'pyramid letters' is a useful...
Instructional Video23:13
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Changing nouns from singular to plural using the suffix "-es"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can turn nouns from singular to plural when I add the suffix -es to words ending in 'sh', 'ch', 'ss' and 'x'. Key learning points: - For words ending in "sh", add the suffix "-es" to turn them into a plural. - For words...
Instructional Video19:09
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Forming plural nouns using the suffix -s and -ies

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can apply spelling rules to spell plural nouns that end in the suffix -s and -ies. Key learning points: - Adding -s or -es to a noun creates a plural. - If the word ends in a vowel (a, e, i, u) or consonant, just add -s....
Instructional Video19:58
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Forming irregular plural nouns

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell common irregular plural nouns that do not follow clear rules. Key learning points: - Regular plurals follow spelling rules. - There are no rules for irregular plurals; you just have to learn them. - Examples of...
Instructional Video24:07
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Changing nouns from singular to plural using alternative rules

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can turn nouns from singular to plural by changing 'f' to a 'v' and adding the suffix -es. Key learning points: - For words containing an 'f' change the 'f' to a 'v' and add the suffix -es to turn them into a plural. -...
Instructional Video23:22
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Numbers: 1-12, plural nouns, 'il y a'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use numbers 1-12 with nouns to understand how many there are. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [oi] sounds like the ‘oi’ in trois, three. - To make nouns plural French often adds ‘s’. - Numbers...
Instructional Video25:17
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Changing nouns from singular to plural

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can turn nouns from singular to plural when I add the suffix -s or by changing the 'y' to an 'i' and adding the suffix -es. Key learning points: - For some words you can add "-s" to turn into a plural. - For words ending...
Instructional Video24:20
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Poems: plural nouns, responding to a poem

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can categorise vocabulary to support my revision, can recall and apply four plural rules in German, and can respond to poetry. Key learning points: - Plural rule 1: most masculine and neuter nouns add ‘-e’ or ‘-e +...
Instructional Video24:25
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How many? Ask questions and give statements with plural nouns

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can ask and answer questions in speaking and writing about more than one thing, and build my own sentences from known vocabulary. Key learning points: - [äu] is an important sound symbol correspondence, used often in...
Instructional Video25:30
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Practise changing nouns from singular to plural using alternative rules

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use a range of strategies to practise turning words from singular to plural. Key learning points: - -es is a suffix that can turn a singular noun into a plural. - Using the strategy 'pyramid letters' is a useful...
Instructional Video21:56
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What do you do? information questions 'cuánto(s)', 'cuál(es)', 'quién(es)'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use information questions with number agreement and new and revisited language to write a longer text about myself and what I do. Key learning points: - Information questions start with a question word and have more...
Instructional Video22:00
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Una historia de inmigración: 'ser' and 'ir' preterite

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use plural forms of ‘ser’ and ‘ir’ in the preterite tense in the context of stories of immigration. Key learning points: - In Spanish, it is important to differentiate between vowel sounds in a diphthong. - The verbs...
Instructional Video26:11
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A day in my life: present tense, plurals and adverbs

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use appropriate pronouns, verb endings and adverbs to talk about what I and others do on a typical day. Key learning points: - Final [d] (a [d] at the end of a word) sounds the same as [t]. - Plurals indicate more...
Instructional Video27:01
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Nouns: singular and plural

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can identify the difference between singular and plural common nouns. Key learning points: - Common nouns can be singular or plural. - The spelling of a common noun changes if it is plural. - A plural common noun is not...
Instructional Video27:57
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Forming plural nouns using the suffix -es and -ves

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can apply spelling rules to spell plural nouns that end in the suffix -es and -ves. Key learning points: - If the root word ends in a ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘ss’ or ‘x’, then add the suffix -es. - If the root word ends in an ‘o’,...
Instructional Video28:21
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Spelling words using the apostrophe for possession or contraction

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words using the apostrophe for singular possession or contraction. Key learning points: - An apostrophe has more than one purpose. - An apostrophe can show contraction or possession. - It's is the contracted...
Instructional Video28:13
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Christmas: 'Es gibt' with plurals, the song 'O Tannenbaum'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can apply masculine and neuter plural rules 1 and 2 to build sentences with ‘es gibt’ and ‘viele’. Key learning points: - 'Es gibt' means 'there is' or 'there are' and 'viele' means 'lots of' or 'many'. - [ü] can be...
Instructional Video28:24
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Ma ville, mon pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns lui, elle, eux, elles

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can describe my area in detail and describe people's roles within it using prepositions and emphatic pronouns. Key learning points: - [ui] sounds like 'huit' and [eu] sounds like 'deux'. - Emphatic pronouns can be used...
Instructional Video27:40
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Découvrir d'autres pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns nous and vous

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living abroad, focusing on the use of prepositions and emphatic pronouns. Key learning points: - Nasal vowel sounds occur when one or more vowels precede a nasal consonant...
Instructional Video29:39
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Christmas traditions: 'sein' 3rd person singular and plural, plurals - +(e)n

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can recognise and use German plural rule 3 - add -(e)n to feminine nouns - and say what things are like using ‘ist’ and ‘sind’. Key learning points: - 'Sein' means 'to be, being', 'ist' (is) is the 3rd person singular...
Instructional Video29:18
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Que faisais-tu quand ... ? : the imperfect tense with regular verbs ('BE' + ing)

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can describe what I and others 'were doing' and what 'was happening' using the imperfect tense. Key learning points: - The imperfect tense is used to describe what 'was happening' or what you 'were doing' when something...
Instructional Video30:50
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Fire at the zoo! Plural adjectives

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can confidently use masculine plural nouns and plural adjectives to describe a day in the life of a journalist. Key learning points: - To make masculine nouns ending -eu/eau plural, add -x and change nouns ending -al/ail...
Instructional Video30:28
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Making plurals using the suffix -es and -ves

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can make nouns plural by adding -es or changing 'f' or 'fe' to 'v' and then adding -es. Key learning points: - If the root word ends in a ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘ss’ or ‘x’, then add the suffix -es. - If the root word ends in an...