Final letter “s” in English

Adjectives never use s

A ten-year-old boy

He won 10 million dollars in the lottery.

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Plurals with s
Add s to make most plurals. treetrees / Spelling Rules for plural s and Vs
Add “s” to most:
treetrees, likelikes, boyboys
Add es if the word ends in s, sh, ch, x, z
busbuses, dishdishes, watchwatches
Change the y to i and add –es if the word ends in a consonant +y.
babybabies, citycities, crycries
Verbs with s
Add s to the third person singular in the present tense.
V/xo: I love Juan.
V/xs:She loves Juan, too

Xwords with s

He/she/it has

He/she/it is

I/He/she/it was

He/she/it doesn’t

Does he/she/it …?

Contractions with s

Contractions of has(note the Vpp/d-t-n)

She’s never been to college.

He’s lived here for 10 years.

It’s been raining all day.

Contractions of is

She’s pretty.

He’s handsome.

It’sraining.

Possessive ’s

Mary’s son is in the 5th grade.

This room’s windows are all broken.

John’smother’s house is beautiful.

The TV’s picture is good, but its sound is bad.

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Exercise: Identify the use of the “s” in underlined words in these examples. Circle the correct option.

1 / possessive / contraction
of has / contraction
of is / V/xs / plural / Maria’s problem worried her.
2 / possessive / contraction
of has / contraction
of is / V/xs / plural / John’s been sick for a week.
3 / possessive / contraction
of has / contraction
of is / V/xs / plural / What’s wrong with the car?
4 / possessive / contraction
of has / contraction
of is / V/xs / plural / Its door isbroken.
5 / possessive / contraction
of has / contraction
of is / V/xs / plural / It’s an old car.
6 / possessive / contraction
of has / contraction
of is / V/xs / plural / My parents live in a city.
7 / possessive / contraction
of has / contraction
of is / V/xs / plural / John says he can’t come.
8 / possessive / contraction
of has / contraction
of is / V/xs / plural / John’s daughter’s sick.
9 / possessive / contraction
of has / contraction
of is / V/xs / plural / Who’s taken my keys?!
10 / possessive / contraction
of has / contraction
of is / V/xs / plural / John has three sons.
11 / possessive / contraction of has / contraction of is / V/xs / plural / My favorite coffee cup’s broken.
12 / possessive / contraction of has / contraction of is / V/xs / plural / Do you have my keys?
13 / possessive / contraction of has / contraction of is / V/xs / plural / My son often takes my keys.
14 / possessive / contraction of has / contraction of is / V/xs / plural / It smells funny in here.
15 / possessive / contraction of has / contraction of is / V/xs / plural / The music’s too loud.

Practice:

1. Write a sentence using a word with a plural s.

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2. Write a sentence using a word with a possessive s.

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3. Write a sentence using a contraction of has (’s Vpp)

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4. Write a sentence using a Vs (simple present/3rd person singular)

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5. Write a sentence using a contraction of is.(He’s, She’s, It’s)

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Bonny Hart 2013Teachers feel free to copy.