PLURALIZATION OF

IRREGULAR NOUNS

video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6yjcZkj5UY
Powerpoint by: AMLB-
SVES
Read and pick out the nouns: REVIEW:
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 prey 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.
A. Read and study the poem below. FUNNY LANGUAGE STUDY TIME:
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 hice
If the plural of man should always be men
Why is the plural of pan, pans and not pen?
The cow in the plural may be 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.
Group activity: Group the underlined nouns in the poem according to
how they form their plural.

We’ll begin with box, the plural is boxes

But the plural of ox should be oxen not oxes QUESTIONS:
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese 1. How are the
Yet the plural of moose could never be meese. nouns in Box B
different from the
nouns in box A?
A B
By adding –s or –es By changing spelling 2. How are these
nouns called?

1. box – boxes 1. tooth - teeth

Group activity: Group the underlined nouns in the poem according to
how they form their plural.
You may find a lone mouse, or a whole
rest of mice
But the plural of house is houses, not
hice
If the plural of man should always be
men
Why is the plural of pan, pans and not
pen?

A B
By adding –s or –es By changing spelling
Group activity: Group the underlined nouns in the poem according to
how they form their plural.

We’ll begin with box, the plural is boxes QUESTIONS:

But the plural of ox should be oxen not oxes 1. What do you call
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese the nouns in box A?
Yet the plural of moose could never be meese. B?

2.How are these

nouns in A formed?
A B
By adding –s or –es By changing spelling
3. How these nouns
in B formed?
1. box – boxes 1. tooth - teeth
4. What are these
nouns called?
Additional learning:

Show the video,

https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=j6yjcZkj5UY
PRACTICE TIME:
A. Study the picture below. Complete the paragraph by filling in the blank with the correct plural form of the nouns in the
parenthesis. Write your answer in your notebook.
From the Castle’s Tower
PRACTICE TIME

There is a circus located near a castle. Different festivities are happening in the circus. From the
castle’s tower, an eleven-year old prince is looking down at the circus. He would love to go down
and join the festivities at the circus 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. Three _(man)_ are sitting near the candy store.
He delights at the sight of animals he rarely sees in cages. He sees four white _ (goose). A
magician holds a cage with three little  (mouse) in it. Fenced at the right side are five red
__(cow)_ dressed and adorned with colored paper.
The prince smiles with all his _(tooth)_ out. “Oh, as he imagines himself down there in the
circus.

The prince dreams that someday he would be a part of the festivities at the circus.
Hans is like other (child) _______
Activity:

Think of your favorite Filipino hero. Talk about him using plural nouns.
Activity:TEST YOURSELF

Read about a boy who wouldn’t go to school. Complete the paragraph with the appropriate
plural nouns.

Hans is like other (child) ___________. He is always on his

(foot) ______ doing lots of things. He loves playing with his
two (mouse) __________ and three (goose) ________.
(Man) _______ and (woman) ________ laugh whenever
they see him playing with them. He also takes his pets and
visit the four (ox) ________ grazing in the field.
Key to Corrections
REVIEW TIME
You should have spotted the following nouns.
Maya shell
Bird beak
Tahong sun
Mussel fisherman
STUDY TIME
AB
1. box – boxes 1. ox – oxen
2. house – houses 2. goose – geese
3. pan – pans 3. mouse – mice
4. vow – vows 4. man – men
5. boot – boots 5. cow – cows, kine
6. booth – booths 6. foot – feet
7. mother – mothers 7. tooth – teeth
8. brother – brothers, brethen
PRACTICE TIME
A. 1. children 5. mice
2. feet 6. oxen
3. men 7. teeth
4. geese
C. 1. children 6. women
2. feet 7. oxen
3. mice
4. geese
5. men
TEST YOURSELF
A
DOWN ACROSS
7
1 children 4 mice
2 feet 5 teeth
3 lice 7 women
6 hooves
7 oxen
9 geese
8 men