Suffixes Skill Explainer

The Suffix ‘-es’ Chant

Here at Reading Universe we have a chant that we teach students to help them remember when to use the suffix '-es'. It says: 'sh', 'ch', 's', 'x', 'z' … add '-es' and you'll please me!

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