Use the plural form of irregular nouns

English V

Review

What are the essential parts or elements of a story?

Checking of Assignment

Story Grammar

Worksheet

MotivationWho has read the story

“The Pied Piper of Hamelin”?

PresentationWe are going to

read a poem which was taken

from the story “The Pied Piper

of Hamelin”

Rats!They fought the dogs,and killed the cats.And bit the babies in the cradle.And ate the cheese out of the vatsAnd licked the soup fromthe cooks’ own ladles.

Split open the kegs of salted sprats.Made nests inside men’s Sunday hats.And even spoiled the women’s chats.

By drowning their speaking.

With shrieking and squeaking.

In fifty different sharps and flats.

-Robert Browning

Comprehension Check-up1. In our poem, who fought with the dogs

and killed cats?2. What did they do with the babies?3. Where did they lick soup? Make

nests?4. How do they spoil women’s chats?5. Is it proper to destroy other’s

belonging? Why? Why not?

Analysis and DiscussionGive all the plural nouns found in the poem

plural nouns

What do you call the words listed in the Venn diagram?

dogs hats cats nestsladies chats babies cradles

menwomen

cheese

What do you call the plural nouns in the first circle? How are the plural nouns in this group formed?

dogs hats cats nestsladies chats babies cradles

plural nouns

menwomen

cheese

What do you call the plural nouns in the second circle? How are these plural nouns formed?

dogs hats cats nestsladies chats babies cradles

plural nouns

menwomen

cheese

Regular Nouns

What do you call the plural nouns in the second circle? How are these plural nouns formed?

dogs hats cats nestsladies chats babies cradles

plural nouns

menwomen

cheese

Regular Nouns Irregular Nouns

Generalization

How do we form the plural of irregular nouns?

You have read from the poem how rats destroy the things we have at home.

What will you do to make sure that our things and food at home are safe from rats?

ApplicationCount 1-2. Group all 1’s together and all 2’s under one group. Each pupil in every group get one flashcard and read it silently. Look for your partner in the other group so that the singular and plural forms of an irregular noun will be formed. Each pair will read and show the flashcards they are holding.

Written PracticeWrite the plural form of the noun in your notebook.

tooth

Written PracticeWrite the plural form of the noun in your notebook.

mouse

Written PracticeWrite the plural form of the noun in your notebook.

phenomenon

Written PracticeWrite the plural form of the noun in your notebook.

ox

Written PracticeWrite the plural form of the noun in your notebook.

deer

Answer

teethmice

phenomenaoxendeer

EvaluationQuery Plural

I don’t know why they say child for _______

and man is spelled __________. 

Sheep will always be __________

and advice is always __________.

Evaluation

Trousers can never be trouser,Oh my! Don’t ever try scissor for ________. 

The English plural is such a paradoxIt’s giving me a headache. 

Help me, please,I’m lost.

Answer

childrenmen

sheepadvice

scissors

AssignmentDo Activity 3 on page 66 of your

Language Textbook.Singular Plural

1. ______ calves2. louse ______3. life lives4. belief ______5. community __________