Pluralization of

Irregular
nouns
 Objective
• Compose clear and
coherent sentences
using appropriate
grammatical
structures:
Pluralization of
irregular nouns
DRILL: Tongue Twister

Sol sips soup from a small saucer

From a small saucer Sol sips soup
Sol sips soup from the small
saucer?
Yes, from a small saucer Sol sips
soup.
 REVIEW
• Read the following words and give its
plural form . Then use it in a sentence.

book
tray
library
school
mosquito
MOTIVATION
Ask Plural
(by: MELINDA C. COBACHA)

I ask myself why they say louse for lice

And ox becomes oxen.
Deer will always be deer
And news is always news.
Mumps, can never be mump
Oh no! Don’t say trouser for trousers
Forming plural is not an easy task
It makes me crazy sometimes
Please helm me...
I’m confuse....hmmmmm
 What
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How are
nounsnouns
plural in the
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they form?
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poem?
DEVELOPMENTAL
ACTIVITIES

Plural form
of Irregular
nouns
 .
a Some nouns form their
plural by a change in
spelling
Examples:
foot-feet man-men
mouse-mice woman- women
goose-geese tooth-teeth
louse-lice alumnus-alumni
 .
b Some nouns add “en” +
change into their plural
form.
Examples:
child- children
ox- oxen
 .
c Some nouns are plural in form but
singular in meaning . They always
end in s.

Examples:
news civics mathematics
measles ethics economics
physics politics aeronautics
calisthenics intramurals mumps
molasses tactics statistics
 .
d Some nouns are plural in form
and in meaning. They do not have a
singular form.

Examples:
clothes pliers eye glasses
plants tongs scissors
manners goods proceeds
goggles spectacles
 .
e Some nouns have the same
singular and plural forms.

Examples:
deer- deer trout-trout
sheep-sheep cod-cod
moose-moose salmon-salmon
swine-swine
 .
f When a compound noun is
written without a hypen, the plural
is formed at the end of the word.

Examples:
spoonful-spoonfuls blackboard-blackboards
doghouse-doghouses seashore-seashores
 .
g When a compound noun is
hypenated, the first words is
pluralized.

Examples:
basket –of –gold - baskets – of- gold
father –in- law - fathers- in- law
maid – in- waiting - maids- in- waiting
 h. Foreign words form their
plural by changing their last
letter.
Examples:
datum- data crisis- crises
alumna- alumnae alumnus- alumni
radius- radii basis- bases
agendum- agenda phenomenon- phenomena
antenna- antennae addendum- addenda
hypothesis- hypotheses
ACTIVITY

FILL ME UP
• Write the plural
form of these
irregular nouns
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural

fisherman stimulus nebula

woman bacterium synthesis

axis erratum hypothesis

basis spectrum matrix

fungus alga curriculum

radius larva cactus

ACTIVITY

Speak and Write

• Write the plural
form of the nouns in
parenthesis
1.The (congressman) _________are
meeting in the hall right now.
2.The judges chose the winners based on
for (criterion) ________.
3.(cattle, deer ) We saw several ______ and
______ in the field.
4.All of the schools ( alumna, basis )
_________ upheld the ______ of their
decision.
5.Let us work together to present these
( crisis ) ________.
ACTIVITY

Writeshop
Write your own
sentences using the
given nouns in their
plural forms.
1.(sheep)_____________________________________

2.(woman)____________________________

3.(men)___________________________

4.(fungus)______________________

5.(child)_______________________
6.(mouse)____________________________________

7.(tooth)____________________________

8.(deer)_________________________

9.(alumnus)___________________

10.(goose)____________________