How many with irregular plurals trivia quiz

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Students try to get their partners to choose wrong answers to how many questions, then try to remember the irregular plural nouns that they were just using in their questions, with irregular nouns from Elementary to Advanced.

By: Alex Case
Level: All Levels
Theme: Numbers
Study Area: Nouns
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Lesson Plan Content:


How many with irregular plurals trivia quiz

Student A

Look at the level or levels that your teacher tells you to. Choose one of the questions, ask it, and give three possible answers (the correct answer that is there, mixed up with two wrong answers). Listen to your partner’s choice of answer, tell them if they guessed correctly, then guess the answer to the question that they ask you. Take turns doing the same until your teacher stops you. 

Level 1

  • How many men have walked on the moon? 12
  • How many children has Queen Elizabeth II of English had? 4
  • How many feet are there in a yard? 3

 

Level 2

  • How many wives did King Henry the Eighth of England have? 6
  • How many fish should you have in one litre of water in your aquarium? 1
  • How many teeth are there in a full adult set? 32 (including wisdom teeth)

 

Level 3

  • How many thieves are in the Thousand and One Nights story with Ali Baba? 40
  • According to the Bible, how many loaves of bread did Jesus need to feed five thousand people? 5
  • How many leaves does a prickly pear cactus have? 0

 

Level 4

  • How many millennia old is the earth? 4.5 million
  • How many series of the fantasy TV series Game of Thrones were there? 8
  • How many famous American stock market indices are there? 3
  • How many Oxford University alumni have been British Prime Minister? 28
  • How many axes does a 2D graph have? 2
  • How many halves of beer can you drink and still drive in the UK? 3
  • How many Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed in 2019? 1

 

Level 5

  • How many innings are there in a baseball game? 9
  • How many theses did Martin Luther pin to the church door? 95
  • How many different bacteria are in an average yoghurt making culture? 5
  • How many senses do our brains receive stimuli from? 5
  • How many subspecies of dog do domestic dogs make up? 1
  • How many subspecies of tiger are there? 6
  • How many headlice are usually found on one infested head? 12
  • How many spacecraft have visited the planet Neptune? 1
  • How many presidential memoranda did Barack Obama sign on 13 January 2017? 19
  • According to NOAA fisheries, how many large tuna is one boat allowed to catch per day? 3
  • How many calves does a cow usually have? 1

 

Ask about any questions you don’t understand, numbers you think might be different, etc.

 

Student B

Look at the level or levels that your teacher tells you to. Choose one of the questions, ask it, and give three possible answers (the correct answer that is there, mixed up with two wrong answers). Listen to your partner’s choice of answer, tell them if they guessed correctly, then guess the answer to the question that they ask you. Take turns doing the same until your teacher stops you. 

Level 1

  • How many women have walked on the moon? 0
  • How many people have been Dalai Lama? 14
  • How many children did the Greek god Zeus have? 54

 

Level 2

  • How many are there in a full set of a child’s milk teeth? 20
  • How many mice are in a typical litter of babies? 7
  • How many knives does a chef really need? 3

 

Level 3

  • According to ThriftyParent.com, how many loaves of bread do you need to make 100 sandwiches? 12
  • How many leaves does a mushroom have? 0
  • How many lives does a cat have? 9

 

Level 4

  • How many millennia have there been since the first city? (Nearly) 6
  • How many sheep are there for each person in New Zealand? 6
  • How many geese are there in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas? 6
  • How many wolves are in a large wolf pack? 20
  • How many reindeer does Santa have? 8
  • According to Drexel Goodwin, how many means of communication are there? 5
  • How many aircraft are in the US 7th fleet? 300

 

Level 5

  • How many major oases are there in the Sahara Desert? 90
  • How many salmon can a large bear catch and eat in a day? 30
  • How many squid are you allowed to catch per day in Australia? 20
  • According to the BBC, how many criteria are there to decide if a war is just or not? 6
  • How many moose can you kill in Alaska? 1
  • How many fungi are grown by humans for consumption? 100
  • How many nuclei do virus have? 0
  • How many vertebrae are there in a human spine? 33
  • How many corps are there in the American army? 4
  • How many metamorphoses does the insect silverfish go through? 0
  • How many hooves does a rhino have? 12

Ask about any questions you don’t understand, numbers you think might be different, etc.

 

Irregular plurals presentation

Look at the same sections as before. Find singular nouns which should be plural and try to change them to the correct irregular plural form. Some don’t need to change.

Level 1

  • How many man have walked on the moon? 12
  • How many child has Queen Elizabeth II of English had? 4
  • How many foot are there in a yard? 3
  • How many woman have walked on the moon? 0
  • How many person have been Dalai Lama? 14
  • How many child did the Greek god Zeus have? 54

 

Level 2

  • How many wife did King Henry the Eighth of England have? 6
  • How many fish should you have in one litre of water in your aquarium? 1
  • How many tooth are there in a full adult set? 32 (including wisdom teeth)
  • How many are there in a full set of a child’s milk tooth? 20
  • How many mouse are in a typical litter of babies? 7
  • How many knife does a chef really need? 3

 

Level 3

  • How many thief are in the Thousand and One Nights story with Ali Baba? 40
  • According to the Bible, how many loaf of bread did Jesus need to feed five thousand people? 5
  • How many leaf does a prickly pear cactus have? 0
  • According to ThriftyParent.com, how many loaf of bread do you need to make 100 sandwiches? 12
  • How many leaf does a mushroom have? 0
  • How many life does a cat have? 9

 

Level 4

  • How many millennium old is the earth? 4.5 million
  • How many series of the fantasy TV series Game of Thrones were there? 8
  • How many famous American stock market index are there? 3
  • How many Oxford University alumnus have been British Prime Minister? 28
  • How many axes does a 2D graph have? 2
  • How many half of beer can you drink and still drive in the UK? 3
  • How many Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed in 2019? 1
  • How many millennium have there been since the first city? (Nearly) 6
  • How many sheep are there for each person in New Zealand? 6
  • How many goose are there in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas? 6
  • How many wolf are in a large wolf pack? 20
  • How many reindeer does Santa have? 8
  • According to Drexel Goodwin, how many means of communication are there? 5
  • How many aircraft are in the US 7th fleet? 300


Level 5

  • How many innings are there in a baseball game? 9
  • How many thesis did Martin Luther pin to the church door? 95
  • How many different bacterium are in an average yoghurt making culture? 5
  • How many senses do our brains receive stimulus from? 5
  • How many subspecies of dog do domestic dogs make up? 1
  • How many subspecies of tiger are there? 6
  • How many headlouse are usually found on one infested head? 12
  • How many spacecraft have visited the planet Neptune? 1
  • How many presidential memorandum did Barack Obama sign on 13 January 2017? 19
  • According to NOAA fisheries, how many large tuna is one boat allowed to catch per day? 3
  • How many calf does a cow usually have? 1
  • How many major oasis are there in the Sahara Desert? 90
  • How many salmon can a large bear catch and eat in a day? 30
  • How many squid are you allowed to catch per day in Australia? 20
  • According to the BBC, how many criterium are there to decide if a war is just or not? 6
  • How many moose can you kill in Alaska? 1
  • How many fungus are grown by humans for consumption? 100
  • How many nucleus do virus have? 0
  • How many vertebra are there in a human spine? 33
  • How many corps are there in the American army? 4
  • How many metamorphosis does the insect silverfish go through? 0
  • How many hoof does a rhino have? 12

Check back with the first worksheet, then try to find if there are patterns in the formation of irregular plural nouns.

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