St. Cecilia’s College- Cebu, Inc.

A LASSO Supervised School

Poblacion, Minglanilla, Cebu
SY 2020-2021
First Semester

Instructional Study Module

(ISM) # 1 Noun

English Plus 101

(Subject)

_______________________ _________________ Rowena E. Alison

Student Name Grade Level and Section Instructor’s Name

I. Rationale

This module will be devoted completely to the study of “singular and plural
nouns”. Nouns are important in the learning of English, because as you will recall a
complete thought; or sentence; is made up of a noun and a verb. Furthermore, nouns
are usually the first words that all students learn. Since there is a diversity of meaning
for nouns, the best way to approach the study of nouns is through their characteristics.

You will begin by taking a Pre-test. You must achieve a score of 72% or more to
continue with the Assessment Exercises. Before beginning the Assessment Exercises
the different rules will be explained in a simple manner. Then, you may proceed with
the exercises. Finally, you will take a Post-test. You must also achieve a score of 72%
in order to pass the Module. Last but not the least; you will be provided with
additional links you may use to continue reinforcing your skills and knowledge on
singular and plural nouns.
 II. Learning Objectives
Through the study of this module on singular and plural nouns, you will be able to:
1. Recognize the singular and plural nouns correctly
2. Know the different classes of singular and plural nouns correctly
3. Understand the singular and plural nouns and their functions in sentences
correctly
4. Define singular and plural nouns correctly
5. Apply the rules by changing singular nouns to plural nouns and plural nouns to
singular nouns correctly
6. Apply the spelling rules correctly
7. Use the nouns in sentence structures correctly

III. Learning Resources

A. References
https://www.academia.edu/5171643/Module_nouns
Additional Info:
https://www.slideshare.net/AtomanZe/nouns-12001605

B. Instructional Materials
1. PowerPoint Presentation
2. Book
3. Links

IV. Learning Experience

A. Terms to Study
1. Noun
2. Singular Noun
3. Plural Noun
B. Presentation and Discussion

You will reinforce their knowledge about singular and plural nouns, applying all levels of
critical thinking skills.
Focus questions:
1. What is a noun?
2. What is a singular noun?
3. What is a plural noun?
4. How do we form plural nouns?
5. Are these special nouns?

PRE-TEST
 Part 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE
Read the following words carefully. The words are nouns. Then change them
to their plural form by applying the rules and choosing the correct alternative.

1. Infection
a. infectiones
b. infections
c. infectionies
d. infecctionnes
2. Cliff
a. clives
b. clifs
c. cliffs
d. clivfes
3. Company
a. companyies
b. companies
c. companiees
d. companys
 4. Monkey
a. monkeys
b. monkies
c. monkeyies
d. monkieys
5. tax
a. taxies
b. texes
c. taxs
d. taxes

 Part II: Identify

Read the following sentences. They may be more than one plural noun in each
sentence. Only one of them is irregular or special. Write the irregular or
special plural noun in each sentence.
1. Joe helped the children paint their toys.
2. Are the sheep chasing the boys?
3. Babies who are one month old usually do not have teeth.
4. Always be careful of how you place knives on the tables.
5. The boxes were ruined by the deer.
6. The fish in the ponds were dying.
7. The boy’s feet hurt from the hikes.
8. Were the women ready for the raffles?
9. The mice were hard to keep in the traps.
10. People must be careful when they walk alone in the parks.

 Part III: Change to plural

1. She wanted a few kiss from her boyfriend.
2. There were too many tomato in the boxes.
 3. The Super hero were in the film.
4. That man has had three wife.
5. Where did the thief hide the money?

 Part IV: Exercise: Regular Plural Nouns

The following nouns in each sentence are spelled in their singular form. Write
the correct plural form after each sentence.

1. There are too many pants in the drawer. ____________________

2. How many avocado did you buy? __________________________
3. Nancy does not enjoy cutting onion. _______________________
4. We will use the gazebo for the barbeque. ___________________
5. Those mosquito have to eliminated. _______________________
Nouns
 Person, place, or thing, words that do some naming
 Person: Mommy Maria, daddy Pedro, sister, brother, teacher, actor, secretary,
reader,
 Place: Puerto Rico, El Morro tower, Museum, school, college, shower,
building, bridge, store, supermarket, park, many more
 Thing: house, flower, cross, cart, girl, sketch, star, pencil, rock, mug

Nouns name people, places or things.

Let us take a look at their characteristics. We will only study singular and plural nouns.

SINGULAR NOUN DEFINITION:

When a noun names only one thing; it is singular.
Example: dog, man, park

PLURAL NOUN DEFINITION:

 When a noun names more than one; then it is said to be plural,
Example: dogs, cats, parks
Nouns also denote abstract and intangible concepts:
Birth, hope, and love CAUTION: You must be careful.
There are regular nouns and irregular nouns.

NOUNS GIVE NAMES TO:

People: Juan Ramos is a teacher.

NOUNS GIVE NAMES TO:

Places: Interamerican University is in Guayama.
NOUNS GIVE NAMES TO:
Animals: Cats are interesting house pets.
NOUNS GIVE NAMES TO:
Actions: Parking can be a hassle at Plaza del Caribe.

NOUNS GIVE NAMES TO:

Feelings: I feel less stress when I jog.

NOUNS GIVE NAMES TO:

Abstract qualities: Her parents talked about her love for Raúl

NOUNS GIVE NAMES TO:

Abstract ideas: His personal philosophy is intriguing.

NOUNS GIVE NAMES TO:

Concrete things: Pedro lost his English Dictionary.

CHARACTERISTICS
Nouns can also be identified by their endings. Some common nouns are:
-er/ -or speaker, actor
-ism vandalism, criticism
- istscientist, artist
- ment government, establishment
- tion organization, foundation

CHARACTERISTICS
The words “a, an and the” signal that a noun is coming:
Singular Plural
tree trees
ball balls
an apple apples

NOUN PLURALS
SINGULAR PLURAL
dog dogs
table tables
room rooms
door doors

NOUN PLURALS
RULE 1:
•Most nouns generally become plural by adding an “s”
RULE 2:

•Nouns that end in a hissing sound “ – s, -ch, -sh, -z, -x and

– ss” , become plural by adding “– es.”
SINGULAR PLURAL
Bus busses
Prize prizes
Patch patches
Fox foxes
Boss bosses
Brush brushes

RULE 3:
•If the noun ends in a: “vowel plus y” (- ay, - ey, - iy-, oy,), then add“s” to form the plural.
SINGULAR PLURAL
way ways
key keys
boy boys
day days

RULE 4:
•If the noun ends in a“consonant plus y“,“change the y to ie“and add s to form the plural:

SINGULAR PLURAL
lady ladies
baby babies
poppy poppies
penny pennies

RULE 5:
•Some nouns that end in“f or fe“have plurals that end in
– ves:
SINGULAR PLURAL
knife knives
elf elves
wife wives
self selves

RULE 6:
•Nouns ending in“o“are formed into plural by either adding“ – s or -es”
Some plurals may be formed either way. You must check the dictionary or follow some simple
rules:

RULE 6:
•Nouns ending in
“ a vowel plus o”-“ –
ao, -eo, - o, -oo. –
uo;
•Have plurals that end in just“s”
•All musical terms ending in“o” form plurals by ending injust “s”
.
-OS -OES
Kilo kilos
Pro pros
Studio studios
Echo echoes
hero heroes
potato potatoes

EXCEPTIONS:

•Nouns ending in ― o ― preceded by a consonant:

dynamo dynamos
halo halos
piano pianos

•Nouns ending in ―o‖ preceded by a vowel:

cuckoo cuckoos portfolio portfolios

RULE 7:
•IRREGULAR PLURALS
Certain irregular nouns have special plural forms.
These change the vowel sound in becoming plural:

SINGULAR PLURAL
foot feet
goose geese
man men
tooth teeth

NOUN PLURALS

RULE 7:
•
IRREGULAR PLURALS
Some Old English plurals are still in use. These are called mutated plurals.

SINGULAR PLURAL
child children

ox oxen
NOUN PLURALS
RULE 7:
•
IRREGULAR PLURALS
Some nouns have the same form in the singular as inthe plural:
SINGULAR PLURAL

Sheep sheep

Fish fish

Species species

Cod cod

NOUN PLURALS
RULE 7:
•
IRREGULAR PLURALS
Some nouns have a plural form, but use a singular verb:
EXAMPLES:
•linguistics- Linguistics is the study of language.
•news
– The news on Channel 4 starts at 5:00 PM.

NOUN PLURALS
RULE 7:
•
IRREGULAR PLURALS
Some nouns have a plural form and use a plural verb.
EXAMPLES:
•jeans- J. Lo jeans give the best fit.
•glasses - She cannot read with those glasses.

NOUN PLURALS
RULE 8:
Nouns ending in ch with a k sound form plurals by adding
–
s.
SINGULAR PLURAL
stomach stomachs
epoch epochs
POST- TEST

PART I: For each noun, type the plural form in the space:

1. base ______________
2. diagnosis ______________
3. analysis ______________
4. auto ______________
5. torpedo ______________

PART II: Identify the nouns in the following sentences:

1. The North and South had a Civil War.

a. and b. a c. the d. war

2. The Art Museum inaugurated in 1978.

a. museum b. art c. inaugurated d. in

3. It will take all your knowledge to pass the SAT.

a. will b. your c. All d. Knowledge

4. The novels are on reserve.a.onb.arec.reserved.the5. Tell the children to keep their heads inside
the car.
a. children b. their c. inside d. the

PART III: Read the following sentences carefully. Select the irregular or special noun which is in
plural. Change it to singular.

1. The old lady’s scarves were old-fashioned. __________________

2. Maria was told to dean the shelves._________________________

3. Bobby and Tommy are twin’s brothers and they are firemen._________________________

4. The field with poppies looks breathtaking._____________________________

5. The nuclei seemed astonishing to the scientist.

C. Feedback
 The simplest definition of a noun is a thing and nouns are the basic building blocks of
sentences. These things can represent a person, animal, place, idea, emotion – almost
anything that you can think of. Dog, Sam, love, phone, Chicago, courage and spaceship
are all nouns. The more nouns you know in a language, the better you will be able to
communicate your ideas. Here, we’ll take a closer look at what makes a noun a noun, and
we’ll provide some examples of how nouns are used.

For clarification and clear understanding:

• What part of the discussion was not very clear to you?
• What part of the discussion confuses you?

D. Self/Peer/ Group Assessment

1. The Longest List
Have students break into groups, and have them make a four-column chart with the titles
“Person,” “Place,” “Thing,” or “Idea.” Tell them that they will have twenty seconds to fill
out each column with as many nouns as they can think of. This fast-paced noun activity
should take less than two minutes. Encourage students to share their lists with the class,
and reward the longest fully-correct list with a small prize (scores) or a bit of
congratulatory praise.

2. Guess the Sport

For this noun game, have students pick a sport that they enjoy. Then have them write a
list of nouns that relate to the sport. (For example, for basketball, they might choose
“court,” “basket,” “backboard,” and “rim.”) Have them stand up and read their lists
aloud, and encourage the rest of the class to guess which sport the list describes.

IV. Activities/ Performance Task

A. Hands on Activities
Level A
1. Which word is a noun in this sentence?
I decided to catch the bus because I was late.
A) catch
B) bus
C) late

2. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

The queue was very long so I didn't wait.
A) queue
B) long
C) wait

3. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

There are no interesting programmes on tonight.
A) interesting
B) programmes
C) tonight

4. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

I need to find something that my brother will like.
A) need
B) find
C) brother
5. Which word is a noun in this sentence?
Don't be late for the concert.
A) late
B) for
C) concert

6. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

London is very expensive to live in.
A) London
B) expensive
C) live

7. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

We need to find Steve before we can go.
A) find
B) Steve
C) before

8. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

I can't find my blue shirt.
A) my
B) blue
C) shirt

9. Which word is a noun in this question?

How long will the journey take?
A) long
B) journey
C) take

10. Which word is a noun in this question?

When are the windows being replaced?
A) When
B) windows
C) replaced

Level B
1. There is no noun in this sentence: Come quickly.
A) True
B) False

2. There are 2 nouns in this sentence: Please pass the salt.

A) True
B) False

3. There are 2 nouns in this sentence: Don't leave your clothes on the floor.
A) True
B) False

4. There are 3 nouns in this sentence: The children are having a great time in the park.
A) True
B) False

5. There are 3 nouns in this sentence: Tom is always late for work.
A) True
B) False

6. There is one noun in this sentence: Where is the station?

A) True
B) False

7. A sentence always begins with a noun.

A) True
B) False

8. A noun describes a verb.

A) True
B) False

9. A noun is used for a thing.

A) True
B) False

10. Some nouns need a capital letter.

A) True
B) False

Level C
1. Which word is a noun in this sentence?
They are forecasting rain later.
A) rain
B) later
C) forecasting

2. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

The sun is too bright to look at today.
A) bright
B) sun
C) look

3. Which word is a noun in this sentence?

Please do not walk on the grass.
A) walk
B) Please
C) grass

4. Which word is a noun in this question?

Where is the old market?
A) old
B) market
C) Where

5. The plural of ‘child’ is:

A) childs
B) children
C) child
 6. ‘Teeth' is:
A) singular
B) plural

7. The plural of ‘goose’ is:

A) goose
B) geese
C) gooses

8. How many nouns are there in this sentence?

My brother gave me a book for my birthday.
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4

9. How many nouns are there in this sentence?

Please put the heavier books on the desk over there.
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4

10. How many nouns are there in this sentence?

I suggest getting the address from the website.
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4

B. Graded Assessment
 Oral
Using rubrics
V. Assignment
Write a two paragraph quotation about life during pandemic and circle all the nouns you
have written.

VI. Wrap Up

A noun is the word used to represent a person, place, or thing (including objects, animals, and
ideas). Everything we talk about is represented by a word that names it. That 'naming' word is
called a noun.