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4-5 NOUNS: IRREGULAR PLURAL FORMS
SINGULAR
PLURAL
(a) child
(b) foot
(c) man
(d) mouse
chiZdren
feet
men
mice
( e ) tooth teeth
(f) woman women
(9) fish Fph
Mr. Smith has one child. Mr. Cook has two children.
I have a rightfoot and a left foot. I have two feet.
I see a man on the street. I see two maz on the street.
My cat sees a mouse. Cats like to catch mice.
My tooth hurts. My teeth are white.
There's one woman in ow class. There are ten w m in your class.
Bob has an aquarium. He has onefish.
Sue has an aquarium. She has sevenfish.
(h) (none)'
PWJh
There are fifteen@eoplo in this mom.
(Notice: people does not have a final -8.)
*People is always plural. It has no singular form
EIWClSE 1 1-ORAL
Example:
Response:
(BOOKS CLOSED): Use two and the plural form of the NOUN
one child
two children
1. one child 7. one fish 13. one sentence 19, one girl
2. one woman 8. one page 14. oneman 20. one exercise
3. one tooth 9. one place 15. one orange 21. one tooth
4. one foot 10. one banana 16. one foot 22. one woman
5. oneman 11. one child 17. one knife 23. one boy and
6. one mouse 12. one desk 18. one sex one woman
EXERCISE 12: The object of the game on the following page is to fill in each list with NOUNS.
Write one noun that begins with each letter of the alphabet if possible. The nouns
must belong to the category of the list. When you f ish one kt, count the number of
nouns in your list. That is your score.