Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 48 views

    Topic 30 - Irregular Plurals

    Uploaded by

    Daymar Oropeza
    This document provides information about nouns and plurals in English. It explains that a noun is a naming word and a plural is used for more than one noun. Typically, plurals are formed by adding "s" to the end of a noun. However, some nouns have irregular plurals that change the spelling, such as "mouse" becoming "mice". The document lists common irregular plural nouns and their forms. It includes activities for students to practice forming plurals of different nouns.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Topic 30 - Irregular Plurals

    Uploaded by

    Daymar Oropeza
    48 views33 pages
    This document provides information about nouns and plurals in English. It explains that a noun is a naming word and a plural is used for more than one noun. Typically, plurals are formed by adding "s" to the end of a noun. However, some nouns have irregular plurals that change the spelling, such as "mouse" becoming "mice". The document lists common irregular plural nouns and their forms. It includes activities for students to practice forming plurals of different nouns.

    Original Title

    TOPIC 30 - IRREGULAR PLURALS

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document provides information about nouns and plurals in English. It explains that a noun is a naming word and a plural is used for more than one noun. Typically, plurals are formed by adding "s" to the end of a noun. However, some nouns have irregular plurals that change the spelling, such as "mouse" becoming "mice". The document lists common irregular plural nouns and their forms. It includes activities for students to practice forming plurals of different nouns.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    48 views33 pages

    Topic 30 - Irregular Plurals

    Uploaded by

    Daymar Oropeza
    This document provides information about nouns and plurals in English. It explains that a noun is a naming word and a plural is used for more than one noun. Typically, plurals are formed by adding "s" to the end of a noun. However, some nouns have irregular plurals that change the spelling, such as "mouse" becoming "mice". The document lists common irregular plural nouns and their forms. It includes activities for students to practice forming plurals of different nouns.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    of 33

    What is…?

    • What is a noun?
    A noun is a naming word.

    • What is a plural?
    A plural is more than one.
    -For example: Cat  cats
    Plurals:
    • We normally change a noun to a
    plural by adding the letter S.

    • For example:
    1) flower flowers
    2) chair chairs
    Plurals
    • Some nouns need to change their
    spellings.

    • We don’t add s

    • Look at the flashcards in the hallway


    and write down the plurals.
    Man Men
    Woman Women
    Fish Fish
    Goose Geese
    Mouse Mice
    Sheep Sheep
    Tooth Teeth
    Leaf Leaves
    Bookshelf Bookshelves
    Child Children
    Knife Knives
    Deer Deer
    Housewife Housewives
    •A person -Three people
    Plurals
    • Some nouns need to change their
    spellings-
    Box boxes

    • Church churches
    Brush brushes
    2. Add - es

    bus es Box es class es fox es watch es brush es beach es tomato es


    Plurals

    • Nouns that end in the letter y change


    too ies
    baby babies
    3. Drop –Y and add – ies

    BABY + IES BAB IES


    Plurals
    • Nouns that end in the letters f and fe
    change to ves.
    knife knives loaf loaves
    Spelling changes
    • Some nouns change quite a lot:
    Foot = feet Mouse = mice

    • Some nouns stay the same:


    Sheep = sheep
    Activity
    If you don’t understand a word use the computer or
    your phone to find out what it means.
    NOUN PLURAL
    • Church
    • Party
    • Puppy
    • Deer
    • Wife
    • Wolf
    • Salmon
    • Pony
    • Fox

    Finished? Write the words in your own language


    in your book.
    Answers:
    NOUN PLURAL
    • Church Churches
    • Party Parties
    • Puppy Puppies
    • Deer Deer
    • Wife Wives
    • Wolf Wolves
    • Salmon Salmon
    • Pony Ponies
    • Fox Foxes
    •Write this in your
    notebook.
    NOUN PLURAL EXAMPLES

    • Most nouns Add “S” 1 boy  3 boys


    1 book  2 books
    • Nouns ending in O, X, 1 bus  4 buses
    Add “ES”
    SH, CH, S/SS, 1 fox  2 foxes
    • Nouns ending in 1 baby  2 babies
    Y becomes “IES”
    CONSONANT + Y 1 city  2 cities
    • Nouns ending in F, FE F, FE becomes 1 wolf  8 wolves
    ”VES” 1 wife  2 wives
    L
    I
    child

    children
    tooth
    teeth
    foot

    feet
    S
    mouse sheep woman T
    mice sheep women
    E
    man
    men
    person
    people
    fish

    fish
    N
    !
    Plane fox baby
    Frog boy watch
    Tooth mouse foot fish child
    Let’s read some examples:
    https://englishgrammarhere.com/nouns/irregular-plurals-definitions-list-and-e
    xample-sentences/
    - Write in your
    notebook the
    answers, then,
    read the whole
    text adding the
    answers you
    wrote.

    You might also like