Irregular Plural Nouns

Unit 9

The Flying Book

Irregular Plural Nouns

Irregular Plural Patterns

1. Nouns that change vowels

foot- feet tooth- teeth goose- geese man- men woman- women

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Irregular Plural Patterns

2. Nouns that keep the same form for singular and plural

sheep- sheep fish- fish deer- deer moose- moose

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Irregular Plural Patterns

3. Nouns with a different plural form

mouse- mice child- children person- people ox- oxen

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I say one, you say two

One leaf is yellow- Two _______ are yellow. One man is reading.- Two ________ are reading. One fish is swimming. - Two ________ are swimming. One kitty is eating. - Two _______ are eating. One child is singing. - Two ________ are singing.

Solution

Pair Work: Drag the words in the right column:

Tooth

Leaf

Tomato

Car

Hero

Puppy

Sister

Leg

Shoe

Regular Plural

Irregular Plural

Group Work

Choose 1 noun with irregular plural form and write a sentence with it.

HOME ASSIGNMENT

Exercise 7, page 17