Pluralization
of
Irregular Nouns
A. Preliminary Activities
Drill:
Tongue Twister
Sol sips soup from a small saucer
From a small saucer Sol sips soup
Sol sips soup from the small saucer?
Yes, from a small saucer Sol sips soup
Motivation :
Lets the children read the poem.
Ask Plural
(by: MELINDA C. COBACHA)
I ask myself why they say louse for lice
And ox becomes oxen.
Deer will always be deer
And news is always news.
Mumps, can never be mump
Oh no! Don’t say trouser for trousers
Forming plural is not an easy task
It makes me crazy sometimes
Please help me…
I’m so confused… hmmmm
What are the nouns in the poem?
What kind of plural nouns are they?
How are they formed?
B. Developmental Activities:
1.Presentation:
Today, you will learn how to form plural
of irregular nouns. The nouns, lice, oxen,
deer, mumps, trousers are irregular nouns.
They are irregular because they change the
plural in special ways. (Present teaching
chart)
a. Some nouns form their plural by a change in
spelling
examples:
foot – feet
man – men
mouse – mice
woman – women
goose – geese
tooth – teeth
louse – lice
alumnus – alumni
b. Some nouns add “en” + change into their
plural form.
Examples:
child - children
ox – oxen
c. Some nouns are plural in form but singular in
meaning. They always end in s.
examples:
news
civics
mathematics
measles
ethics
economics
physics
politics
aeronautics
calisthenics
intramurals
mumps
molasses
tactics
statistics
d. Some nouns are plural in form and in meaning. They
do not have a singular form.
examples:
clothes
pliers
eye glasses
plants
tongs
scissors
manners
goods
proceeds
goggles
spectacles
e. Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms.
examples:
deer- deer
trout – trout
sheep – sheep
cod – cod
moose – moose
salmon – salmon
swine – swine
f. When a compound noun is written without a hyphen,
the plural is formed at the end of the word.
examples:
spoonful – spoonfuls
blackboard – blackboards
doghouse – doghouses seashore – seashores
g. When a compound noun is hyphenated, the first word
is pluralized.
examples:
basket- of- gold baskets- of- gold
father-in- law
fathers- in- law
maid- in- waiting maids- in- waiting
h. Foreign words form their plural by changing their last
letter.
examples:
datum- data crisis- crises
radius – radii
alumna- alumnae alumnus – alumni basis- bases
agendum- agenda phenomenon- phenomena
antenna – antennae addendum- addenda
hypothesis- hypotheses
2. Guided Activities:
Say: This time we will have a group
activity. You will go to your respective
group. Please be reminded that you
have to be polite at all times when
talking with your group mates.
Group 1
a. Write the plural form of these irregular nouns.
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
Singular
Fisherman
Stimulus
Nebula
Woman
Bacterium
Synthesis
Axis
Erratum
hypothesis
Pungus
Spectrum
Matrix
Radius
Alga
Curriculum
Basis
Larva
Cactus
Plural
Group II SPEAK and WRITE
b. Write the plural form of the nouns in parentheses.
1. The (congressman) _______ are meeting in the
hall right now.
2. The judges chose the winners based on four
(criterion) _______.
3. (cattle, deer) We saw several _______ and
_______
in the field.
4. All of the schools (alumna, basis) _______ upheld
the ________ of their decision.
5. Let us work together to present these (crisis)
_______
Group III WRITESHOP
c. Write your own sentences using the given
nouns in their plural forms.
1. (sheep) ________________________
2. (woman) _______________________
3. (men) _________________________
4. (fungus) ________________________
5. (child) _______________________
3. Generalization:
How do we form plural of irregular
nouns?
IV. Assessment:
Write your own sentences using the given nouns in
their plural form.
1. (mouse) __________________________
2. (tooth) __________________________
3. (deer) _____________________________
4. (alumnus) _________________________
5. (goose) ____________________________
V. Assignment:
Write five (5) sentences using the plural
form of irregular nouns.