6. Rats!
They fought the dogs,
and killed the cats.
And bit the babies in the cradle.
And ate the cheese out of the vats
And licked the soup from
the cooks’ own ladles.
7. 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
8. Comprehension Check-up
1. 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?
10. What do you call the words
listed in the Venn diagram?
dogs hats
cats nests
ladies chats
babies
cradles
men
women
cheese
11. What do you call the plural nouns in the
first circle? How are the plural nouns in this
group formed?
dogs hats
cats nests
ladies chats
babies
cradles
plural
nouns
men
women
cheese
12. What do you call the plural nouns in the
second circle? How are these plural nouns
formed?
dogs hats
cats nests
ladies chats
babies
cradles
plural
nouns
men
women
cheese
Regular Nouns
13. What do you call the plural nouns in the
second circle? How are these plural nouns
formed?
dogs hats
cats nests
ladies chats
babies
cradles
plural
nouns
men
women
cheese
Regular Nouns Irregular Nouns
15. 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?
16. Application
Count 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.
23. Evaluation
Query Plural
I don’t know why they say child for _______
and man is spelled __________.
Sheep will always be __________
and advice is always __________.
24. Evaluation
Trousers can never be trouser,
Oh my! Don’t ever try scissor for ________.
The English plural is such a paradox
It’s giving me a headache.
Help me, please,
I’m lost.
26. Assignment
Do Activity 3 on page 66 of your
Language Textbook.
Singular Plural
1. ______ calves
2. louse ______
3. life lives
4. belief ______
5. community __________