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Irregular plurals boasting game

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Speaking practice for difficult plural forms

By: Alex Case
Level: All Levels
Theme: General
Study Area: Nouns
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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

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 

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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