Singular And Plural Of Nouns

Subject : 

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

Term :

First Term

Week:

Week 7

Class :

KG 1

 

Previous lesson : 

The pupils have previous knowledge of

EXAMPLES OF MALE AND FEMALE ANIMALS

 

 

Topic :

Singular And Plural Of Nouns

Behavioural objectives :

At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to

  • give plural of nouns
  • mention the nouns that form plural by adding s
  • say singular and plural of nouns

 

Instructional Materials :

  • Wall charts
  • Pictures
  • Related Online Video
  • Flash Cards

Methods of Teaching :

  • Class Discussion
  • Group Discussion
  • Asking Questions
  • Explanation
  • Role Modelling
  • Role Delegation

 

Reference Materials :

  • Scheme of Work
  • Online Information
  • Textbooks
  • Workbooks
  • 9 Year Basic Education Curriculum
  • Workbooks

 

Content :

We will begin the lesson on singular and plurals with words whose plurals are formed by adding ‘s’.

Show the children one pencil, ask them how many pencils can they see, they will say ‘one pencil’. Show them two pencils, ask them how many pencils can they see? They will say’ two pencils’.

Do that with many examples so that they realise that when it’s two or more, they add ‘s’ to it.

Let the children understand that once the item is more than one, it takes ‘s’.

 

 

Introduce a lot of words with variation in number Examples

One cup, two cups One table, 20 tables One book, three books One dog, five dogs

Singular and Plural

 

Singular and Plural

 one boy, two———-

 Boys

: one book, two ————

Books

one chair, five

 Chairs

 

 

 

What is a noun?

 

 

A noun is a name of any person, animal, place or things.

 

 

Plural of nouns are used to refer to more than one noun.

 

 

The plural noun is generally formed by adding -s to the singular.

 

Cow (singular), cows (plural)

Boy, boys

Girl, girls

Book, books

Tree, trees

Dog, dogs

Pen, pens Nouns ending in -s, -sh, -ch or -x form the plural by adding -es to the singular. Class (singular), classes (plural)

Brush, brushes

Kiss, kisses

Match, matches

Dish, dishes Most nouns ending in -o also form their plural by adding -es to the singular. Mango (singular), mangoes (plural)

Hero, heroes

Potato, potatoes

Volcano, volcanoes Note that a few nouns ending in -o merely add -s. Dynamo (singular), dynamos (plural)

Piano, pianos

Photo, photos

Logo, logos

Kilo, kilos Nouns ending in a consonant + y form their plural by changing -y into -i and adding -es. Baby (singular), babies (plural)

Lady, ladies

City, cities

Story, stories The following nouns ending in -f or -fe form their plural by changing -f or -fe into v and adding -es. Thief (singular), thieves (plural)

Wife, wives

Leaf, leaves

Half, halves

Self, selves

Calf, calves

Loaf, loaves

Knife, knives

Elf, elves

Wolf, wolves

Shelf, shelves Most other nouns ending in -f or -fe add -s. Chief (singular), chiefs

Gulf, gulfs

Safe, safes

Proof, proofs A few nouns form their plural by making some changes to inside vowels. Foot (singular), feet (plural)

Man, men

Woman, women

Tooth, teeth

Mouse, mice

Goose, geese

 

 

 

 

 

 

( you do that for as many objects as you want)

 

 

 

 

Presentation

 

The topic is presented step by step

 

Step 1:

The class teacher revises the previous topics

 

Step 2.

He introduces the new topic

 

Step 3:

The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own examples and he corrects them when the needs arise

 

Evaluation

Write out the plural of these words

  1. Dog     _________________________________
  2. Cat    _________________________________
  3. lion    _________________________________
  4. Monkey _________________________________
  5. Rabbit    _________________________________

 

Conclusion

The class teacher wraps up or conclude the lesson by giving out short note to summarize the topic that he or she has just taught.

The class teacher also goes round to make sure that the notes are well copied or well written by the pupils.

He or she does the necessary corrections when and where  the needs arise.