The document discusses some of the irregular plural forms in English and how they do not always follow logical patterns. It provides examples of words that become irregular in their plural forms such as goose/geese, mouse/mice, and tooth/teeth. It also notes inconsistencies between similar words such as ox/oxen and foot/feet. The document suggests that these irregularities are what make English such a tricky language to learn.

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2. Why
English
is so hard?
Presentation prepared by: Waylie Nina D. De Claro

3. We’ll begin with a
And the plural is

4. But the plural of
not oxes!
oxen
is

5. Then one fowl is
But
goose
are called geese.

6. Yet the plural of
Should never be meese!
moose

7. You may find a lone mouse
Or a whole lot of
mice..

8. house
Yet the plural of
is houses
not hice!

9. If the plural of man
Is always called
men..

10. pan
be called pen?
Why shouldn’t the plural of

11. If I speak of my and show me
your
And I gave you a
foot
feet..
Would a pair
be called beet?
boot

12. If one is a
Why shouldn’t the plural of booth
be called beeth?
tooth
teeth..
whole set
are
and a

13. And the plural of
Yet in the plural would
never be hose!
is cats not cose,
hat

14. We speak of a brother and also of
brethren,
But though we say mother, we
never say methren !

15. The masculine pronouns are
But imagine the feminine,
She, his and shim!
he, his and him,

16. So Our English language, I think you
will all agree,
Is the trickiest language you’ll aver
did see!