Lesson Planning of Regular and Irregular Nouns

Lesson Planning of the Changing Numbers of Regular and Irregular Nouns

Subject English

Grade V

Students` Learning Outcomes

Change the number of more regular and irregular nouns, and nouns with no change in number.

Information for Teachers

The plural of nouns is usually formed adding‘s’ to a singular noun, as;
Lamp/lamps, flower/flowers, fork/forks, pen/pens, cat/cats, etc.
Nouns ending in ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘z’, ‘o’, ‘ch’, and ‘sh’ form the plural by adding ‘es’, as; (Class/classes, box/boxes, buzz/buzzes, potato/potatoes, dish/dishes, lunch/lunches etc.)

Nouns ending in ‘y’ preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding‘s’, as; (Day/days, toy/toys, valley/valleys)
Nouns ending in ‘y’ preceded by a consonant are formed into a plural by changing ‘y’ to –es, as; (Lady/ladies, city/cities, baby/babies)

There are some nouns that form the plurals differently. Some nouns change their vowels in the middle of the singular form when forming the plural, as; (goose/geese, foot/feet, man/men, etc.)
Several nouns form the plural by adding the letters ‘en’, as; (ox/oxen, child/children, etc.)
There are certain animals that have the same singular and plural form, as; (deer/deer, sheep/sheep, fish/fish, etc.)
Most nouns ending in ‘o’ also form the plural by adding ‘es’ to the singular, as; (buffalo/buffaloes, mango/mangoes, hero/heroes, etc.)
Several nouns end in –‘f’, ‘-fe’ forms their plurals by changing ‘-f’ and ‘-f’ into ‘v’ and adding ‘es’, as; thief/thieves, wife/wives, wolf/wolves)
Some nouns have the singular and plural alike, as; (sheep, deer, dozen)
While teaching the lesson, the teacher should also consult the textbook at all steps wherein and whenever it is applicable.

Material / Resources

Writing board, chalk/marker, duster, textbook

Introduction

Write the following singular and plural nouns on the board, as; (boy, mangoes, knife, women, mice, foot, photos, brush, boxes.)
Point to each noun and ask the students to tell whether the noun is singular or plural.
Encourage the students if they give correct answers. If the students don`t remember singular and plural nouns ask them to sort singular and plural nouns from the given words and briefly explain the rules for changing these words.
Ask the students to name the nouns that are same in both singular and plural forms, as; sheep, deer, etc.
If the students don`t remember these nouns, re-tell them that spelling of singular nouns remain same as singular and plural. Explain by writing examples on the board, as; (sheep, deer, dozen, hundred, score salmon)

Development

Activity 1

Ask the students to take out their notebooks and textbooks.
Tell students to find and write 10 singular nouns and 10 plural nouns from textbook pages.
Tell them to change the singular nouns into plural nouns and plural nouns into singular nouns. Ask them the rules of changing singular into plural nouns.
Take their random feedback.

Activity 2

Write five irregular nouns that remain same as singular and plural e.g. sheep, deer, fish, fruit, hair.
Choose one noun (e.g. sheep) and make two sentences using it. In one sentence the noun should be used as singular. In the second sentence the noun should be used as plural.
Ask the students to make sentences using the remaining four nouns. Students can use the nouns in the sentences as singular or plural.
Take their random feedback and ask them to do corrections in their notebooks.

Sum up / Conclusion

Ask the students to name the nouns that don`t change in number when changed into plural.
Find the exercise related to the topic in the textbook.
Students must do this exercise in the notebooks or on the textbook.

Assessment

Assess how well students remember the rules for changing number of regular and irregular nouns in the introductory activity.
Check the students` ability to change the number of regular and irregular nouns through activity 1.
Ask them how do we change words if they end at ‘f’, and ‘-ef’ and also give examples.
Ask them to tell some nouns that are used only in plural form.

Follow up

Changing the following plural nouns into singular ones and then use them in sentences of your own, as;