Plural Power: Mastering Words and Their Plurals

Plural Power: Mastering Words and Their Plurals

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify the rules for forming plurals and apply them to different words.

What do you already know about forming plurals in English?

What Are Plurals?

Plurals are forms of a word that refer to more than one person, thing, or idea.

Regular Plural Nouns

Most nouns form their plurals by adding -s at the end, such as 'cat' becoming 'cats'.

Irregular Plural Nouns

Some nouns form their plurals in irregular ways, such as 'child' becoming 'children' and 'man' becoming 'men'.

Plural Endings

Words ending in -s, -x, -z, -ch, or -sh form their plurals by adding -es, such as 'box' becoming 'boxes'.

Plural of Compound Nouns

Compound nouns form their plurals based on the final word, such as 'mother-in-law' becoming 'mothers-in-law'.

Plural of Foreign Words

Foreign words may have unique plural forms, such as 'cactus' becoming 'cacti' and 'datum' becoming 'data'.

Review and Practice

Let's review the rules for forming plurals and practice applying them to a variety of words.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.