Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns (L.3.1.b)
Exercise Difficulty 2 ~4 min eng.g3.f.ex_25

Irregular Plural Pattern Sort

Prompt

Sort these 16 irregular plurals into 3 pattern columns: SAME-FORM, VOWEL-CHANGE, -F TO -VES. Forms: feet, mice, leaves, sheep, lives, women, geese, fish, halves, men, deer, knives, teeth, loaves, wolves, men.

How it's presented
mode drag and drop sort
columns
SAME-FORMVOWEL-CHANGE-F TO -VES
Answer criteria
type category sort
correct
SAME-FORM
['sheep', 'fish', 'deer']
-F TO -VES
['leaves', 'lives', 'halves', 'knives', 'loaves', 'wolves']
VOWEL-CHANGE
['feet', 'mice', 'women', 'geese', 'men', 'teeth']
Hints
  1. Same-form: singular = plural.
  2. Vowel-change: oo→ee, ouse→ice, an→en.
  3. -f→-ves: leaf→leaves, knife→knives.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Sorts FEET as same-form (it IS plural-only-looking but vowel changes from FOOT).
  • Sorts FISH as -f→-ves (the f isn't replaced — fish stays fish).
Used in lessons