Use of Regular and Irregular Plurals of Nouns Primary 2 (Basic 2) – English Studies

 

 

ENGLISH STUDIES

ENGLISH STRUCTURE

THIRD TERM

WEEK 11

PRIMARY 2

THEME –  LISTENING AND SPEAKING 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Phonics – Pronunciation of Vowels and Diphthongs Primary 2 (Basic 2) and Primary 3 (Basic 3) – English Studies

 

 

TOPIC – USE OF REGULAR AND IRREGULAR PLURALS OF NOUNS 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introduction

2. Regular plurals of nouns

3. Irregular plurals of nouns

3. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most pupils should be able to –

1. identify regular and irregular plurals.

2. use regular and irregular plurals in simple sentences.

 

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can differentiate between a single object and many objects.

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of flash cards.

 

 

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

 

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

INTRODUCTION

The different between regular and irregular nouns is their plural form. Nouns form their plural by adding either – S or ES are known as regular plurals.

For examples, most nouns add ‘s’ at the end of the word.

 

 

SINGULAR – PLURAL 

Boy – boys

Girl – girls

Book – books

Pencil – pencils

Car – cars

Box – boxes

Boss – bosses, etc.

 

 

IRREGULAR PLURALS

For some nouns, other letters must be replaced or added, sometimes changing the words completely.

SINGULAR – PLURAL 

Man – men

Person – People

Ox – oxen

Child – children

Man – men

Foot – feet, etc.

For more details on regular and Irregular plural, visit – ESLGRAMMAR.org

 

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher organizes the pupils into groups depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher displays objects such as book, cups, pencils, key, orange, etc.

4. Teacher guides the pupils to pronounce correctly each item in their singular and plural forms. For examples – book – books, orange – oranges, etc.

Pupil’s Activities – The differentiate between book – books, orange – oranges, etc.

5. Teacher uses the objects and the pupil’s relevant responses to introduce the lesson.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand the concept of lesson.

6. Teacher displays charts showing regular and irregular plurals.

7. Teacher uses the charts displayed to guide pupils to identify and differentiate between regular and irregular plurals with appropriate examples.

Pupil’s Activities – With appropriate examples, pupils to identify and differentiate between regular and irregular plurals.

8. Teacher guides pupils to make simple sentences with regular and irregular plurals.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils make simple sentences with regular and irregular plurals.

9. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board using appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to most of the questions and write as instructed.

 

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils to complete the following with correct regular or irregular plural.

1. Boy –

2. Men –

3. Class –

4. Teacher –

5. Pupil –

6. Potato –

7. Echo Echoes –

8. Woman –

9. Card –

10. Street –