PREPARED BY:
Manal Muhamad Alwi
SUBJECT:
English (ESL)
TOPIC:
Singular and Plural nouns
LEVEL:
Beginners
AGE:
8/10 years old
STUDENTS NO/TIME: 20/45 minutes
SKILL FOCUS:
Grammar
AIM:
To gain an understanding of the terms ‘singular’ and ‘plural’; To investigate
and learn spellings of words for plurals.
OBJECTIVES:
Students will be able to identify singular and plural nouns; Students will be
able to make basic sentence using singular and plural nouns; students will be
able to find the plural and singular nouns from the story given.
MATERIALS:
Flashcards of singular and plural nouns, white board, cut outs and
worksheets.
WARM UP STAGE: (5 minutes)
INTERACTION [T-Ss]
 Ask students what is singular. Demonstrate singular nouns through flashcards.
A singular noun name one person, place or thing.
Letter
Paper
Kid
Pot
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Demonstrate the difference between singular and plural by adding “s” using flashcards.
A plural nouns name more than one person, place or thing.
Letter -> Letters
Paper -> Papers
Kid -> Kids
Pot -> Pots
STUDY STAGE: (10 minutes)
INTERACTION [T-Ss]
 Explain the rules used for singular and plural forms using flash cards as shown below.
 Teacher should have prepared the flashcards with singular and plural nouns in pictures and
written words.
Add –es to nouns ending in s, z, ch, x, tch, o, ss and sh.
Example:
Doze - Dozes
Moss - Mosses
Bush - Bushes
Beach - Beaches
Fox - Foxes
Ditch - Ditches
Add –es for nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add –es.
Example:
Wolf - Wolves
Wife - Wives
Leaf - Leaves
Life - Lives
When a noun ends with a consonant and y change y to I and add –es.
Puppy - Puppies
Kitty - Kitties
Daisy - Daisies
Canary - Canaries
Bunny - Bunnies
Guppy - Guppies
PRACTICE STAGE: (30 minutes)
INTERACTIVE [Ss - Ss, S-S, SS]
 Divide the class into two groups and ask each group to stand in line. Each group will be given
the same flashcards used at the lesson stage. Each student from the group will take the
flashcard one by one to read aloud and pass the flashcard to their next friend. The group
who finishes it first will be the winner.
 Teacher writes few nouns on the board. Students will work with their partner to give the
plural form of the nouns shown by teacher.
Donkey
Circus
Hero
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Thief
Match
Shelf
Sky
Ash
Toy
Branch
Wish
Country
Dress
Potato
Valley
Fox
Loaf
Teacher tells the students to look around their classroom and write down 3 things they see
and write them in sentences using singular and plural nouns. Have each student read out
loud their partner’s answers.
Students complete worksheet given.
Worksheet
Pick out at least ten each of singular and plural nouns from the story given below. Write down their
respective plural and singular forms too.
The Talkative Tortoise
A tortoise and two storks were good friends. They lived on the banks of a river in a jungle. The storks
travelled a lot and visited many countries. They often told stories about different places to the
tortoise. The tortoise felt sad that he could not travel along with them. One day the tortoise had an
idea. He told the storks, “I cannot travel because I do not have wings. But this problem can be
solved. Both of you hold each end of a long stick with your beaks. I will hold the middle part of the
stick with my mouth. You both fly and I will automatically come along.” One stork thought it to be a
good idea. However the other stork said, “Not a bad idea. But you are very talkative. Can you be
quiet? If you talk you will fall down and die.” The tortoise promised to be quiet. The storks and the
tortoise started their journey the next day. As they flew over a village, men and women stopped and
stared. The children clapped hands and ran after them. One boy started teasing. The tortoise
couldn’t resist and opened his mouth to reply. As soon as he opened his mouth he lost his grip on
the stick. He fell down and died.
Singular nouns
singular nouns
plural nouns
plural nouns
tortoise
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storks
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singular - plural
plural - singular
tortoise - tortoises
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storks - stork
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