REMEDIOS S.

REYNO
MT II
AUREA S. AUSTRIA
Principal II
PGES
 Review

What is a noun?
What have you learned
about pluralization of
regular nouns?
 REVIEW

Read the paragraph in

the next slide and write
the nouns that you will
come across. Write them
only once. Do this in
your notebook.
 MAYA THE BIRD AND
TAHONG THE MUSSEL
Tahong, the mussel, was
opening its shell to bask in
the sun when Maya, the
bird, pecked at it. Tahong,
the mussel, was quick. It
clamped down Maya’s beak
and held it fast.
 If it doesn’t rain today or
tomorrow,” said Maya, “there will
be a dead mussel lying here.”
“If you can’t pry loose today or
tomorrow,” retorted Tahong, “there
will be a dead bird here, too.”
As neither of them would give
way, a passing fisherman caught
them both.
Have you spotted at least 8 nouns?
What are these nouns?

Maya shell
bird beak
Tahong sun
mussel fisherman
 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 .If the plural of man should
always be men Why is the plural of pan,
pans and not pen?
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 not beeth? We speak of brother,
make it two becomes brethren 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.
Now you may group the nouns you see in the
poem according to how they form their
plural. The first one is done for you.

A B
By adding s or By changing
es their spelling
1. Box - boxes
Study the picture below. Complete the
paragraph by filling in the blank with the
correct form of plural nouns. Study the
picture below. Complete the paragraph by
filling in the blank with the correct form of
plural nouns.
 From the Castle’s Tower
An eleven-year old prince is looking
down from the castle’s tower. He would love
to go down and join the festivities at the
carnival but the queen said he must stay
inside the castle. He envies the (child) _____
holding colorful balloons. He watches
eagerly as the clown bends and touches his
(foot) _____ from behind. A group of (man)
_____ are playing cards near the candy store.
He delights at the sight of animals he rarely
sees in cages. He sees four white (goose)
_____.
 A magician holds a cage with three
little (mouse) _____ in it. Fenced at the
right side are five red (ox) _____ dressed
and adorned with colored paper. The
prince smiled with all his (tooth) _____
out. “Oh, if only the queen didn’t tell
me to stay,” he sighs excitedly. The
prince dreams that someday he’ll be a
part of the merrymaking at the carnival.
Answer the questions below. Write your
answers in your notebook.
1.What positive trait does the prince display
in the story?
2. Can you relate yourself to the prince’s
condition? How?
3. If you were the prince, would you go down
to the carnival despite the queen’s order to
stay inside the castle? Why and why not?
4. Do you also possess the positive trait that
is displayed by the prince in the story? Sight
an instance to prove your answer.
5. Do you think the prince did the right thing?
Why? Why not?
Why is learning pluralization
of irregular nouns
important?

How do irregular nouns form

their plural?
A. Fill in the crossword puzzle with the
plural form of each noun. Do it in your
notebook.

DOWN ACROSS
1.BROTHER 4. WOMAN
2.CHILD 5. MOUSE
3.FOOT 7. TOOTH
6. MAN 9. OX
8. HOOF 10. GOOSE
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2 3 4

5 6

7 8

10
Change the irregular nouns to plural
form.
1. When writing, place your aside
comments in (parenthesis).
2. On my desk, you will find some
(memorandum).
3. In the Mojave Desert, you can see a
variety of (cactus).
4. To find the answer, we will need to
look at the (data).
5. Mushrooms, mold, mildew and
yeast are (fungus).
 ASSIGNMENT

Write (10) irregular nouns

not used in the discussion
and change them to plural
form.