it is all about the use of correct plural forms and how the rules apply to it

1. Pluralization
of
Irregular Nouns

2. 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
A. Preliminary Activities

3. Lets the children read the poem.
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 help me…
I’m so confused… hmmmm

4. What are the nouns in the poem?
What kind of plural nouns are they?
How are they formed?

5. 1.Presentation:
Today, you will learn how to form plural
of irregular nouns. The nouns, lice, oxen,
deer, mumps, trousers are irregular nouns.
They are irregular because they change the
plural in special ways. (Present teaching
chart)

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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 hyphen,
the plural is formed at the end of the word.
examples:
spoonful – spoonfuls blackboard – blackboards
doghouse – doghouses seashore – seashores

9. g. When a compound noun is hyphenated, the first word
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 radius – radii
alumna- alumnae alumnus – alumni basis- bases
agendum- agenda phenomenon- phenomena
antenna – antennae addendum- addenda
hypothesis- hypotheses

10. 2. Guided Activities:
Say: This time we will have a group
activity. You will go to your respective
group. Please be reminded that you
have to be polite at all times when
talking with your group mates.

11. Group 1
a. Write the plural form of these irregular nouns.
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Fisherman Stimulus Nebula
Woman Bacterium Synthesis
Axis Erratum hypothesis
Pungus Spectrum Matrix
Radius Alga Curriculum
Basis Larva Cactus

12. Group II SPEAK and WRITE
b. Write the plural form of the nouns in parentheses.
1. The (congressman) _______ are meeting in the
hall right now.
2. The judges chose the winners based on four
(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)
_______

13. Group III WRITESHOP
c. Write your own sentences using the given
nouns in their plural forms.
1. (sheep) ________________________
2. (woman) _______________________
3. (men) _________________________
4. (fungus) ________________________
5. (child) _______________________

14. 3. Generalization:
How do we form plural of irregular
nouns?

15. IV. Assessment:
Write your own sentences using the given nouns in
their plural form.
1. (mouse) __________________________
2. (tooth) __________________________
3. (deer) _____________________________
4. (alumnus) _________________________
5. (goose) ____________________________

16. V. Assignment:
Write five (5) sentences using the plural
form of irregular nouns.