Plurals- Simplest Responses

Plurals simplest responses game

Listen to your teacher read out a word and raise the “singular/ one” or “plural/ a pair of/ two or more” card depending on what you think about the grammar of that form of that word. If you aren’t sure, think about whether it would take a singular form of the verb (e.g. + “is” or “has”) or plural form of the verb (e.g. + “are”).

Cards to hold up

singular/ one	plural/ two or more/ a pair
singular/ one	plural/ two or more/ a pair
singular/ one	plural/ two or more/ a pair
singular/ one	plural/ two or more/ a pair
singular/ one	plural/ two or more/ a pair
singular/ one	plural/ two or more/ a pair
singular/ one	plural/ two or more/ a pair
singular/ one	plural/ two or more/ a pair
singular/ one	plural/ two or more/ a pair
singular/ one	plural/ two or more/ a pair

Elementary

men

women

people

children

feet (both body part and measurement)

glasses

pants

clothes

scissors

policeman

police

postmen

schoolchild

 

Pre-Intermediate

tooth

teeth

mice

trousers

tights

stockings

agenda

virus

Do the same, but also raise both cards if the teacher says a word which is the same in the singular and plural such as “sheep” (and so it is impossible to know if it is singular or plural without hearing the word in context).

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Intermediate

goldfish

leaf

leaves

life

lives

binoculars

deer

tongs

 

Upper Intermediate

bias

millennium

millennia

series

media

medium

crises

crisis

lens

referenda

referendum

alumni

alumnus

axes

axis

sheep

geese

goose

reindeer

steelworks

means

 

Advanced

aircraft

innings

analyses

analysis

phenomena

phenomenon

thesis

theses

bacteria

bacterium

cactus

hypotheses

hypothesis

syntheses

stimuli

stimulus

species

basis

bases

cattle

spectacles

lice

spacecraft

tuna

oasis

oases

wild boar

salmon

squid

trout

criteria

diagnosis

diagnoses

biceps

grouse

caribou

moose

fungi

pliers

iris

pelvis

alias

larva

larvae

neuroses

nuclei

nucleus

prognosis

prognoses

strata

stratum

vertebrae

corps

metamorphoses

prognosis

prognoses

oxen

koi

starfish

errata

corpora

corpus

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Regular and irregular plurals presentation

First of all without looking above, try to remember, think of or guess the plural forms of the nouns below. Some don’t need to change because they are the same in the singular and plural. If the plural wasn’t given above, the plural is regular (= ending in -s, -es or -ies).

Elementary

man

woman

person

child

foot

policeman

schoolchild

 

Pre-Intermediate

tooth

mouse

agenda

virus

 

Intermediate

goldfish

leaf

life

deer

 

Upper Intermediate

bias

millennium

series

medium

crisis

lens

alumnus

axis

sheep

goose

reindeer

steelworks

means

 

Advanced

innings

analysis

phenomenon

thesis

bacterium

hypothesis

synthesis

stimulus

species

basis

louse

spacecraft

tuna

oasis

wild boar

salmon

squid

trout

criterion

diagnosis

biceps

grouse

caribou

moose

fungus

iris

pelvis

alias

larva

neurosis

nucleus

prognosis

stratum

vertebra

corps

metamorphosis

prognosis

ox

koi

starfish

erratum

corpus

 

Check your answers above. If only one form is given above, that is the plural form.