First Term Lesson Note for Week Two
Class : Primary Two
Subject : English Studies (Grammar)
Topic : Singular and plural nouns.
Duration : 80 Minutes
Period : Double Period
Reference Book :
- Basic English for Primary Schools, Book 2.
- Primary Pupil’s English, Book 2.
- Lagos State Unified schemes of work for lower Primary, (Primary 1 – 3).
- Online Resources
Instructional Material : Chart showing rules of forming plural nouns.
Learning Objectives : By the end of the lesson learners will be able to :
i. Explain Singular and plural
ii. Identify the rules applied in forming plural nouns.
iii. Link the rules used in forming plural nouns.
Previous Knowledge : Learners are familiar with singular and plural.
Content :
Singular means one thing, that is a person, thing or animal while plural means two or more things such as persons, animals or things.
Some rules are applied when changing from singular to plural.
1. By adding ‘- s’ to a given nouns to form plural. For example :
| Singular | Plural |
| Boy | Boys |
| Flower | Flowers |
| Car | Cars |
| Leg | Legs |
| Spoon | Spoons |
2. By adding ‘-es’ to the nouns that ends with ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘o’, ‘x’, ‘s’, ‘ss’ and ‘z’ :
| Singular | Plural |
| Bench | Benches |
| Bus | Buses |
| Potato | Potatoes |
| Box | Boxes |
3. Those nouns ending with ‘y’ and consonant letter before it by changing it to ‘ ies’.
| Singular | Plural |
| Lady | Ladies |
| Lorry | Lorries |
| Family | Families |
| Baby | Babies |
| Berry | Berries |
Note: If a vowel letter (a, e, i, o, u) comes before ‘y’, just add ‘s’ to form plural.
| Singular | Plural |
| Boy | Boys |
| Toy | Toys |
| Tray | Trays |
4. Nouns ending with ‘f’ or ‘fe’ in singular firms are changed to ‘-ves’ in the plural.
| Singular | Plural |
| Loaf | Loaves |
| Knife | Knives |
| Calf | Calves |
| Thief | Thieves |
| Wife | Wives |
5. Some nouns form their plural by changing the vowel letter in-between the words
| Singular | Plural |
| Man | Men |
| Mouse | Mice |
| Tooth | Teeth |
| Foot | Feet |
6. Other add ‘en’ or ‘ren’ to form plural
| Singular | Plural |
| Child | Children |
| Ox | Oxen |
7. Some nouns remain unchanged, the same word used for singular is also used for plural.
| Singular | Plural |
| Deer | Deer |
| Sheep | Sheep |
| Dozen | Dozen |
| Gross | Gross |
Presentation Steps :
Step 1 : Revision of the previous lesson with the learners by asking them questions orally.
Step 2 : Introduces the new topic by explaining singular and plural nouns.
Step 3 : State the various rules of forming plural nouns and gives several examples.
Step 4 : Gives them some tasks to do on the lesson explained. Asks them to write the note in their notebooks.
Evaluation :
1. Singular means ______________________.
2. __________ means two or more things.
3. Complete the following table of singular and plural.
| Singular | Plural |
| Girl | |
| Table | |
| Church | |
| Gas | |
| Fox | |
| City | |
| Leaf | |
| Sheep | |
| Louse | |
| Deer | |
| Woman |
Conclusion : At the end of the lesson, learners were able to answer the questions correctly.