Use of Regular and Irregular Plurals of Nouns English Grammar Primary 2 Third Term Lesson Notes Week 9

Subject:  English Studies 

 

Class: Basic 2 / Primary 2 / Year 2

 

Term: Third Term  / 3rd Term 

 

Week: Week 9

  

Topic:

Use of regular and irregular plurals of nouns

 

Previous Knowledge: The pupils have previous knowledge of

Adjectives and adverbs usages in sentences

 

that was taught in their previous lesson.

 

 

Behavioural  Objectives : At the end of the lesson, learners will be able to

  • Identify regular and irregular plurals of Nouns 
  • Use  regular and irregular plurals of nouns

 

 

Instructional Materials 

1. Wall chart showing the rhyme.

2. Flash card showing the key words in the rhymes.

3. Approved course book.

 

 

Methods of Teaching 

  • Role modelling
  • Questions and Answers
  • Explanation
  • Discussion
  • Recitation
  • Imitation
  • Story Telling
  • Dramatization

Building Background/ Connection to prior knowledge: The pupils are familiar with the topic(s).

 

CONTENT

Regular Plurals

  • Definition: Regular plurals are nouns that form their plural by adding -s or -es to the singular noun.

  • Examples:

    • Dog -> Dogs: “I saw two dogs in the park.” 🐶
    • Cat -> Cats: “She has three cats at home.” 🐱
    • Car -> Cars: “We see many cars on the road.” 🚗
    • Book -> Books: “I love to read books.” 📚
    • Box -> Boxes: “The toys are in the boxes.” 📦

Irregular Plurals

  • Definition: Irregular plurals are nouns that change in different ways to form the plural. They do not just add -s or -es to the singular noun.

  • Examples:

    • Child -> Children: “The children are playing outside.” 👧👦
    • Foot -> Feet: “He wears shoes on his feet.” 👟
    • Tooth -> Teeth: “Brush your teeth twice a day.” 🦷
    • Mouse -> Mice: “The mice ran away.” 🐭
    • Man -> Men: “The men are working in the garden.” 👨‍🌾

More explanation 

  1. What is a regular plural?

    • A regular plural is made by adding -s or -es to a noun.
  2. Can you give an example of a regular plural?

    • Yes, “dog” becomes “dogs.” 🐶
  3. What is an irregular plural?

    • An irregular plural changes the noun differently and doesn’t just add -s or -es.
  4. Can you give an example of an irregular plural?

    • Yes, “foot” becomes “feet.” 🦶
  5. How do you make the plural of “cat”?

    • Add -s to make “cats.” 🐱
  6. How do you make the plural of “child”?

    • “Child” becomes “children.”
  7. Is “box” a regular or irregular plural?

    • Regular. “Box” becomes “boxes.” 📦
  8. What is the plural of “mouse”?

    • “Mouse” becomes “mice.” 🐭
  9. What is the plural of “tooth”?

    • “Tooth” becomes “teeth.” 🦷
  10. How do you make the plural of “apple”?

    • Add -s to make “apples.” 🍎
  11. What is the plural of “man”?

    • “Man” becomes “men.”
  12. What is the plural of “fish”?

    • “Fish” stays the same.
  13. Is “tree” a regular or irregular plural?

    • Regular. “Tree” becomes “trees.” 🌳
  14. What is the plural of “sheep”?

    • “Sheep” stays the same.
  15. How do you make the plural of “car”?

    • Add -s to make “cars.” 🚗

Write down the correct plurals forms of the following nouns.

1 life – _____________      

2 loaf – _____________

3 mouse – _____________

4 tooth – _____________

5 woman – _____________

6 leaf – _____________

7 deer – _____________    

8 house – _____________

9 baby – _____________   

10 man – _____________

  1. The plural of “cat” is _______. a. cats b. catties c. catons d. cates

  2. The plural of “child” is _______. a. childs b. children c. childes d. childys

  3. The plural of “dog” is _______. a. doggos b. doggies c. dogs d. dogeses

  4. The plural of “foot” is _______. a. foots b. feets c. footies d. feet

  5. The plural of “book” is _______. a. bookies b. booken c. books d. booky

  6. The plural of “mouse” is _______. a. mouses b. mices c. mice d. mousey

  7. The plural of “car” is _______. a. cars b. caren c. carrs d. carren

  8. The plural of “tooth” is _______. a. tooths b. toothen c. toothies d. teeth

  9. The plural of “box” is _______. a. boxen b. boxes c. boxies d. boxen

  10. The plural of “fish” is _______. a. fishes b. fishy c. fishes d. fishen

  11. The plural of “man” is _______. a. mans b. manes c. mens d. men

  12. The plural of “tree” is _______. a. treen b. trees c. treezy d. treees

  13. The plural of “deer” is _______. a. deers b. deer c. deeress d. deerzy

  14. The plural of “apple” is _______. a. apples b. applet c. appleen d. applesy

  15. The plural of “sheep” is _______. a. sheeps b. sheep c. sheepen d. sheeply

PRESENTATION

Teacher’s Activities

  1. Writes out on the board examples of regular and irregular plurals.
  1. Guides them in the formation of plurals

Pupils’ Activities

  1. Pupils reproduce in writing teacher’s examples of regular and irregular plurals
  2. Form regular and irregular plurals.

EVALUATION

  1. Give the plural forms of five words.
  2. Make simple sentences with regular and irregular plurals.

Evaluation

Complete the sentences with the best adjectives.

1 Bode has ___________ sisters. (Four, blue)

2 Funmi painted a ___________ picture. (foolish, beautiful)

3 The food is ___________. (tasty, angry)

4 Her wedding dress is ___________. (easy, white)

5 They planted ___________ trees along the road. (tall, wicked)

6 The woman bought some ___________ oranges. (tall, juicy)

7 The baby has ___________ cheeks. (thin, chubby)

8 They just moved into a ___________ house. (big, late)

9 The man bought a ___________ car. (flat, red)

10 The book fell to the floor with a ___________ bang. (loud, quiet)

 

Circle the adverbs in the following sentences 

1 The pregnant woman walked slowly towards the doctor.

2 The woman entered the room carefully.

3 He accidentally locked himself out of the house.

4 The big dog growled loudly

 

Summary:

Teacher goes over the topic once again to enhance better understanding.

Wrap-up [conclusion]:

Teacher corrects and marks pupils’ notes

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