Q1Week 2 Day 1 English 6
Pluralization of
Irregular Nouns
REMEDIOS S. REYNO
MT II
AUREA S. AUSTRIA
Principal II
PGES
Review
What is a noun?
What have you learned
about pluralization of
regular nouns?
REVIEW
Read the paragraph in
the next slide and write
the nouns that you will
come across. Write
them only once. Do this
in your notebook.
MAYA THE BIRD
AND TAHONG THE
MUSSEL
Tahong, the mussel, was
opening its shell to bask in the
sun when Maya, the bird,
pecked at it. Tahong, the
mussel, was quick. It clamped
down Maya’s beak and held it
fast.
If it doesn’t rain today or
tomorrow,” said Maya, “there
will be a dead mussel lying
here.”
“If you can’t pry loose
today or tomorrow,” retorted
Tahong, “there will be a dead
bird here, too.”
As neither of them would
give way, a passing fisherman
caught them both.
Have you spotted at least 8 nouns?
What are these nouns?
Maya shell
bird beak
Tahong sun
mussel fisherman
FUNNY LANGUAGE
We’ll begin with box, the plural is
boxes But the plural of ox should be
oxen not oxes. One fowl is a goose,
but two are called geese Yet the plural
of moose could never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse, or a whole
rest of mice But the plural of house is
houses, not .If the plural of man
should always be men Why is the
plural of pan, pans and not pen?
The cow in the plural maybe called cows or
kine But the plural of vow is vows never
vine If I speak at a foot and you show your
two feet When I give you a boot, will a pair
be called beet? If one is a tooth and a
whole set are teeth Why is the plural of
booth called booths not beeth? We speak
of brother, make it two becomes brethren
But though we say mother, we never say
methren. Is it true that English can confuse
you and me? I would love to discover the
farther side of thee Learning the language
would be fun, you will see We’ll deal with
English as funny as can be.
Now you may group the nouns you see in
the poem according to how they form their
plural. The first one is done for you.
A B
By adding s or By changing
es their spelling
1. Box - boxes
Study the picture below. Complete the
paragraph by filling in the blank with
the correct form of plural nouns.
Study the picture below. Complete the
paragraph by filling in the blank with
the correct form of plural nouns.
From the Castle’s Tower
An eleven-year old prince is looking
down from the castle’s tower. He would
love to go down and join the festivities at
the carnival but the queen said he must
stay inside the castle. He envies the (child)
_____ holding colorful balloons. He watches
eagerly as the clown bends and touches
his (foot) _____ from behind. A group of
(man) _____ are playing cards near the
candy store. He delights at the sight of
animals he rarely sees in cages. He sees
four white (goose) _____.
singular plural
(child) children
_____
feet
(foot) _____
(man) men
_____
(goose)geese
_____.
A magician holds a cage with
three little (mouse) _____ in it.
Fenced at the right side are five
red (ox) _____ dressed and
adorned with colored paper. The
prince smiled with all his (tooth)
_____ out. “Oh, if only the queen
didn’t tell me to stay,” he sighs
excitedly. The prince dreams that
someday he’ll be a part of the
merrymaking at the carnival.
(mouse)mice
_____
(ox) oxen
_____
(tooth) teeth
_____
Answer the questions below. Write
your answers in your notebook.
[Link] positive trait does the prince
display in the story?
2. Can you relate yourself to the
prince’s condition? How?
3. If you were the prince, would you
go down to the carnival despite the
queen’s order to stay inside the
castle? Why and why not?
4. Do you also possess the positive
trait that is displayed by the prince in
the story? Sight an instance to prove
your answer.
Why is learning pluralization of
irregular nouns important?
How do irregular nouns form
their plural?
A. Fill in the crossword puzzle with the plural form of
each noun. Do it in your notebook.
DOWN ACROSS
1. BROTHER 4. WOMAN
2. CHILD 5. MOUSE
3. FOOT 7. TOOTH
6. MAN 9. OX
8. HOOF 10. GOOSE
b1
2 3 4 wom
5 6
7 8
10
A. Fill in the crossword puzzle with the plural form of
each noun. Do it in your notebook.
DOWN
ACROSS
Change the irregular nouns to
plural form.
1. When writing, place your
aside comments in
(parenthesis).
2. On my desk, you will find
some (memorandum).
3. In the Mojave Desert, you can
see a variety of (cactus).
4. To find the answer, we will
need to look at the (data).
5. Mushrooms, mold, mildew and
ASSIGNMENT
Write (10) irregular nouns
not used in the discussion
and change them to
plural form.
