1. Wheeler's Law of Number: Singular to Plural (Lesson 124)
12 Transformation Pairs
Wheeler's Law:"The form of a word which means but one is called the singular form. Copy the words, and add s to each; when this is done, each word means more than one, and is then called the plural form."
lark /s/ sound
lark + s= larks
road /z/ sound
road + s= roads
day /z/ sound
day + s= days
pencil /z/ sound
pencil + s= pencils
park /s/ sound
park + s= parks
flower /z/ sound
flower + s= flowers
week /s/ sound
week + s= weeks
picture /z/ sound
picture + s= pictures
brook /s/ sound
brook + s= brooks
street /s/ sound
street + s= streets
year /z/ sound
year + s= years
garden /z/ sound
garden + s= gardens
2. Lesson 125: Write the Plural Form for Each Word
12 Words • Add -s
home /z/ sound
home + s= homes
sister /z/ sound
sister + s= sisters
carpet /s/ sound
carpet + s= carpets
friend /z/ sound
friend + s= friends
table /z/ sound
table + s= tables
window /z/ sound
window + s= windows
letter /z/ sound
letter + s= letters
cloud /z/ sound
cloud + s= clouds
scholar /z/ sound
scholar + s= scholars
basket /s/ sound
basket + s= baskets
apple /z/ sound
apple + s= apples
orange /ɪz/ sound
orange + s= oranges
3. Original Sentence Composition (Wheeler's Sentence Requirement)
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1. Complete with the plural of lark and park:
“Merry _________________ sang sweetly as the children walked through the public _________________.”
2. Complete with the plural of road and flower:
“Along the country _________________, bright wild _________________ were blooming in the sunshine.”
3. Complete with the plural of scholar and friend:
“The faithful _________________ wrote kind letters to all their school _________________.”
4. Complete with the plural of apple, orange, and basket:
“Ripe red _________________ and sweet _________________ filled both woven _________________.”