English

Quarter 1- Module 8
“Learning about Using Plural Form of Frequently Occurring
Irregular Nouns (e.g. children, feet, teeth)”

Tell Me and I Can Be

More!
English 3 Modules
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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
(This gives an aid to the teacher to orient the learners and support
the parents, elder sibling etc. of the learners on how to use the
module. Furthermore, this also instructs the teacher to remind the
learners to use separate sheets in answering the pre-test, self-check
exercises, and post-test.)

For the learner:

(This interactive module is intended to communicate directly to the
learner. This contains instructions on how to use the module. The
structure and the procedure of working through the module are
explained here. This also gives an overview of the content of the
module.)

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 LEARNING TARGETS

Hi learner! Brainy is back! I will be with you again in doing the

activities in this module. Here, you are expected to learn the
following:
• use plural form of frequently occurring irregular nouns (e.g.
children, feet, teeth); and
• write the correct plural form of irregular nouns

Don’t worry about your scores because I’m here to guide you. If
you show good performance, then you can move on to the next
activity until you reach the end of this module.

Have a happy learning!

VOCABULARY BUILDER

Are you ready

with our first activity
together? Let us have
first a vocabulary test.

Look at the picture in column A. Match it with the correct word

in column B.
A B

1. a. salmon

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 2. b. octopus

3.
c. aquarium

4.
d. tooth

5. e. louse

Nice try, my friend. Are you ready for the next activity?
So, come on! Let us proceed.

WARMING UP

Add –s or –es to form the plural noun.

1. head ____

2. bench____

3. sash____

4. house ____

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 5. basket____

Excellent! Now, you are doing well on this activity.

Let us move on to the next.

LEARNING ABOUT IT

Look at each pair of pictures

below. Note the difference.

child children

man men

woman women

You have to understand that there are other nouns that form
their plural in different ways.
Let us study the following pairs of noun.
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 A B C

deer – deer foot – feet louse – lice

sheep – sheep goose – geese mouse – mice
salmon - salmon tooth - teeth ox - oxen
What have you observed with the pairs in B and C? Some
nouns change some letters in the spelling of the word.
Let me present to you the table below showing more
examples of irregular nouns.

Forming the Plural Example

Singular and plural scissors – scissors tuna - tuna
are the same. salmon – salmon aircraft - aircraft
pants – pants moose - moose
Changing the aquarium – aquaria octopus – octopi
spelling datum – data agendum – agenda
person – people larva – larvae
axis – axes fungus – fungi
larva - larvae

I hope you understand our

discussion! Are you now ready for
our next activities? Let’s go!

KEEPING YOU IN PRACTICE

Practice Task 1
“Name It”
Write the plural form of the irregular noun in each given
picture.

foot octopus mouse

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 1. feet 2. ________ 3. ________

aircraft tuna deer

4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________

Practice Task 2
“Find Me”
Find the plural form of irregular nouns. Encircle them in the
puzzle.

1. cacti
j a c a c t i x u

k c e t y l b y i

e b s t u a c v p
2. sheep
r m p o o r f a a

y k w e r v g q n

3. pants f i s h g a u w t

e o s h e e p e s

4. fish 5. larvae

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Practice Task 3
“Spell Me Right”
Form the plural of the underlined irregular nouns. Spell them
correctly. Write your answer on the lines.

1. The firemen rescued the burning building.

_________

2. Our teacher told us to bring scissors.

_________

3. My grandchild played on the park. _________

4. The ox grazed on the meadow.

_________

5. The policemen reported to their duty.

_________

Great job, my friend. Two

more activities and we are
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 COOLING DOWN

Read the paragraph below. Choose the correct plural form of

the irregular noun in the parenthesis. Write your answer on your
answer sheet.

One afternoon Bob met his friend Sam. The 1.

(men, mans, man) walked down to the stream and saw a goose.

After the first goose, they noticed many more 2.

(geese, goose, gooses). They feed the geese and kept walking.

Bob went looking for a mouse and found lots of 3.

(mice, mouse, mouses). After seeing the mice, they saw a lot of 4.

(deer, deers) in the woods. Bob and Sam then

ran into Sarah and Kim. The 5. (women, womans, woman)

and men walked down by the lake to have lunch.

Did you get 5 out of 5?

Now, we are almost done with
this module. Just be sure to
answer the last activity.

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 LEARNING CHALLENGE

As a challenge, I want you to do the following activity.

“Find Me”
Encircle five (5) irregular plural nouns inside the box. Happy
searching!

boxes
octopi pants

larvae scissors frogs pens

dogs fish keys

You can check your answers on page11.
If you got high scores, you can continue to the next module.
If not, it is okay. Let me help you go over this module again.

POINTS TO PONDER

“Reflect on Me”
Some are regular nouns while others are irregular.
Understanding irregular plurals are just a result of speaking and
hearing English. Remember that we form the plural of irregular nous
by changing the spelling. However, some nouns have the same
singular and plural form.
This ends our module.
Congratulations! See you again
in the next module! I hope you
enjoyed our activities together.

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 KEY TO CORRECTION

VOCABULARY BUILDER
1. b 3. e 5. d
2. a 4. c

WARMING UP
1. heads 3. sashes 5. baskets
2. benches 4. houses

KEEPING YOU IN PRACTICE

Practice Task 1
1. feet 3. mice 5. tuna
2. octopi 4. aircraft 6. Deer

Practice Task 2
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 j a c a c t i x u
k c e t y l b y i
e b s t u a c v p
r m p o o r f a a
y k w e r v g q n
f i s h g a u w t
e o s h e e p e s

Practice Task 3
1. firemen 3. grandchildren 5. policemen
2. scissors 4. oxen

COOLING DOWN
1. men 3. mice 5. women
2. geese 4. deer

LEARNING CHALLENGE

octopi boxes
pants

larvae scissors frogs pens

dogs fish keys

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 REFERENCES

Government Publications

Curriculum Implementation and Learning Management Matrix, K to

12 (SHS Core Subjects)

K to 12 Curriculum Guide ENGLISH (Grade 1 to 10), May 2016

Detailed Lesson Plan in English 3 (First Quarter), DepEd Region V,

Rawis, Legazpi City

ADM English Grade 4 Quarter 1 Module 2

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