Irregular plurals boasting game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Speaking practice for difficult plural forms
Lesson Plan Content:
Irregular plurals boasting game
Try to find numbers which are higher for you than for your partner with the nouns in the second column below. There are suggested verbs, times, etc in the other columns, but you can also use your own ideas. Your teacher will tell you which table you should use.
With plural nouns version
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How many |
men women people children feet policemen postmen wives teeth mice knives fish shelves thieves loaves lives millennia series of… fellow alumni different aircraft sheep geese deer reindeer innings of… theses spacecraft wild boar salmon criteria faux pas sheaves of paper elves horse’s hooves koi starfish |
are are going to can did do have were will
|
you |
live with work with supervise look after jump speak to recognise have have out catch sharpen gut construct be robbed by bake save live in watch stay in touch with fly in touch cook hunt eat play write see in real life be attacked by steam think of for... make carry draw clean take a photo of hold |
in your life last week last… next week next… now this month this week this year this… today tomorrow yesterday |
? |
Ask about any nouns which you couldn’t use, etc.
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Without plural nouns version
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How many |
man woman person child foot policeman postman wife tooth mouse knife fish shelf thief loaf life millennium series of… fellow alumnus different aircraft sheep goose deer reindeer innings of… thesis spacecraft wild boar salmon criterium faux pas sheaf of paper elf horse’s hoof koi starfish |
are are going to can did do have were will
|
you |
live with work with supervise look after jump speak to recognise have have out catch sharpen gut construct be robbed by bake save live in watch stay in touch with fly in touch cook hunt eat play write see in real life be attacked by steam think of for... make carry draw clean take a photo of hold |
in your life last week last… next week next… now this month this week this year this… today tomorrow yesterday |
? |
Try to write the plurals of all the nouns above. Some do not need to change.
Check with the table on the page above.
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