Lesson Plan Content:
Regular and Irregular Plurals Storytelling
Instructions for teachers
Cut up one pack of at least twenty or thirty cards per group of two to four students, with
the plurals attached to the singular but folded behind, including some words which are
lower than their level to make up the number. You can make up more on the blank cards
given if there aren’t enough, but make sure that the vocabulary is suitable for storytelling.
Students take turns choosing a card and continuing the story with one or more of the
things mentioned, turning the card over to check the plural if they aren’t sure. After they
finish, test them on their memories of the plurals and/ or ask them to test each other orally.
Cards to cut up/ Suggested answers
Elementary
boy
boys
child
children
foot
feet
leg
legs
king
kings
man
men
person
people
adult
adults
policeman
policemen
soldier
soldiers
postman
postmen
bus driver
bus drivers
princess
princesses
schoolchild
schoolchildren
woman
women
mother
mothers
Pre-Intermediate
daughter
daughters
fish
fish
knife
knives
lip
lips
mouse
mice
rat
rats
sword
swords
tooth
teeth
turtle
turtles
wife
wives
Intermediate
cookie
cookies
criminal
criminals
loaf
loaves
thief
thieves
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Upper Intermediate
alumnus
alumni
aircraft
aircraft
cow
cows
crisis
crises
deer
deer
swan
swans
factory
factories
fox
foxes
goose
geese
problem
problems
sheep
sheep
goat
goats
steelworks
steelworks
a third
two thirds
wolf
wolves
student
students
Advanced
bacterium
bacteria
biceps
biceps
(blind) date
(blind) dates
(wild) boar
(wild) boar
calf
calves
caterpillar
caterpillars
criterion
criteria
diagnosis
diagnoses
elf
elves
faux pas
faux pas
flea
fleas
giraffe
giraffes
grouse
grouse
hoof
hooves
larva
larvae
louse
lice
virus
viruses
moose
moose
muscle
muscles
neurosis
neuroses
oasis
oases
lake
lakes
ox
oxen
pheasant
pheasants
prawn
prawns
puppy
puppies
rendezvous
rendezvous
salmon
salmon
sardine
sardines
spacecraft
spacecraft
species
species
squid
squid
starfish
starfish
UFO
UFOs
vertebra
vertebrae
rib
ribs
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Without looking above, write the plurals in the gaps below.
Elementary
boy
child
foot
leg
king
man
person
adult
policeman
soldier
postman
bus driver
princess
schoolchild
woman
mother
Pre-Intermediate
daughter
fish
knife
lip
mouse
rat
sword
tooth
turtle
wife
Intermediate
cookie
criminal
loaf
thief
Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2018
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Upper Intermediate
alumnus
aircraft
cow
crisis
deer
swan
factory
fox
goose
problem
sheep
goat
steelworks
a third
wolf
student
Advanced
bacterium
biceps
(blind) date
(wild) boar
calf
caterpillar
criterion
diagnosis
elf
faux pas
flea
giraffe
grouse
hoof
larva
louse
virus
moose
muscle
neurosis
oasis
lake
ox
pheasant
prawn
puppy
rendezvous
salmon
sardine
spacecraft
species
squid
starfish
UFO
vertebra
rib
Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2018
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