PLURALIZATION OF NOUNS in english 6.pptx

Plural of. Nouns

1. Pluralization Of Irregular Nouns

2. Review: Give the plural form of the following: House – blanket - Field – president - Cupboard - plumber - What kind of nouns are they? How do they form their plural?

3. Presentation: Read the poem, The Funny Languange ” FUNNY LANGUAGE 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?

4. The cow in the plural maybe 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 We speak of brother, make it two becomes brethren  

5. 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.    

6. What is the poem all about? If the plural of box is boxes, is the plural of ox, oxes ? If goose the plural is geese, will the plural of moose be meese ? If the plural of mouse is mice, is the plural of house a hice ? Presenting Examples:

7. Can you give nouns that form their plural by changing some of the letters within a word? Do we add –s or – es to form their plural ? If not, how are these nouns called? DISCUSSION:

8. Give nouns from the poem which are irregular. Notice how these nouns form their plural. Discuss what an irregular noun is and how they form their plural. Have them notice how the nouns in the chart form their plural. DISCUSSION:

9. In few words, the mid-word vowels are changed to form the plural. SINGULAR PLURAL mouse mice  foot feet  tooth teeth  goose geese  louse lice     

10. SINGULAR FORM (NO CHANGE) In a few words, the singular form is used for both singular and plural. SINGULAR PLURAL fish fish deer deer sheep sheep shrimp shrimp offspring offspring series series   species species  

11. SINGULAR FORM (NO CHANGE) Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms: SINGULAR PLURAL information information furniture furniture means means grapefruit grapefruit aircraft aircraft means means equipment equipment

12. Some nouns changed some of the letters to form their plural: SINGULAR PLURAL Agendum agenda Alumnus (male graduate) alumni Alumna (female graduate) alumnae Axis axes parenthesis parentheses Cactus Cacti Radius Radiuses(conventional English ) Radii (Latin plural)

13. Developing Mastery: Group Activity: (See power point presentation) Write your own sentences using the given nouns in their plural forms. (sheep) ___________________________________ (ox) ______________________________________ (parenthesis) _______________________________ (fungus) ___________________________________ (basis) ________________________________

14. YOU TRY THiS ! Answer the exercises: With a partner, give the plural of the following then write two sentences using any of the nouns in this chart 1. axis -   2. child -   3. phenomenon -   4. alumnus -   5. foot -  

15. Generalization: How do we form the plural form of irregular nouns?

16. Evaluation: Write the nouns in the parentheses in their plural form to complete the sentences. 1. The (woman)   do the household chores more creatively than men.  2. My (child)  hate eating pasta.  3.I am ill. My (foot)  hurt. 4. Muslims kill (sheep)  in a religious celebration. 5. I clean my (tooth)  three times a day.  

17. Additional Activity: Do a research on how these nouns are formed. Write three sentences using any of the word given.

18. Thank You For Listening!