Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

Look at this picture.

What can you see?

Who can you see

here?

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

Read and remember!

The regular plural form of nouns is made by

adding -s or -es to the end of the word.

For example:

one class – two classes

one church – three churches

one fox – four foxes

The irregular plural form of nouns changes

completely and has to be remembered!

For example:

one child - two children

one man - two men

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

□! Irregular nouns have to be remembered□!

Singular Plural

a child

children

a man

men

a person

people

a woman

women

a tooth

teeth

a foot

feet

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

a goose

geese

a mouse

mice

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

More than one elf = elves More than one shelf = shelves

More than one wolf = wolves More than one calf = calves

More than one loaf = loaves More than one knife = knives

More than one leaf = leaves More than one loaf = loaves

Some irregular nouns end in “f” or “fe”. To make such nouns

plural, you change the “f” or “fe” to “ve” and add “s”.

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

More than one shrimp = shrimp

or shrimps

More than one fish = fish or

fishes

Some irregular plural nouns have the same spelling as their

singular form: scissors, pants, bison, deer, and sheep

Some animal nouns become plural by keeping the same spelling

as their singular form or by receiving -s or -es.

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

More than one quail = quail or

quails

More than one sheep = sheep

More than one deer = deer

Practice time!

Task 1: Which one is right? Underline the correct plural form

of each noun and find a picture for it.

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

1. Singular: a child

Plural: childs / childes / children

2. Singular: a leaf

Plural: leaves / leafes / leafs?

3. Singular: a tooth

Plural: tooths / teeth / teethes?

4. Singular: a man

Plural: mans / men / mens?

5. Singular: a mouse

Plural: mouses / mices / mice?

6. Singular: a wolf

Plural: wolfes / wolfs / wolves?

7. Singular: a woman

a.

b. c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

Plural: women /womens /womans?

8. Singular: a goose

Plural: gooses / geeses / geese?

h.

Task 2: Turn the nouns in bold into the plural form.

1. Many _________ (child) do not like to take a nap.

2. There were lots of _________ (mouse) in the barn.

3. During migration, Canada _________ (goose) fly in

a V formation.

4. Look at these _________ (person), they are wearing

costumes!

5. I always brush my _________ (tooth) in the morning.

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

6. These _________(fish) look fantastic!

7. Look at your _________ (foot). They are dirty now!

8. White-tailed _________ (deer) have excellent horizontal

sight, but they don’t see well vertically.

Task3: Colour the pairs of irregular plural nouns.

Use different colours.

START

tooth

woman

deer

goose

mice

oxen

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

foot

child

man

women

feet

men

sheep

people

mouse

person

teeth

child

ox

children

deer

geese

woman

foot

Task 4: Choose two pairs of irregular plural nouns and write

complete sentences.

1.__________________________________________________

_______

2.__________________________________________________

_______

3.__________________________________________________

_______

Grade 4 English: Irregular Plural Nouns

4.__________________________________________________

_______

5.__________________________________________________

_______

6.__________________________________________________

_______

WELL DONE!!!