Valentine’s Day options regular and irregular plurals practice

Valentine’s Day options regular and irregular plurals practice

With a partner, discuss the best options on lines below, starting with any that you have strong opinions on.

• A diamond ring/ Diamond earrings
• A glass of champagne for a Valentine’s Day toast/ Several glasses of champagne/ A bottle of champagne/ Bottles of champagne
• A red rose that still has its leaves/ A red rose without leaves
• A single candle on the Valentine’s Day dinner table/ The whole room lit with candles for Valentine’s Day dinner
• A single heart-shaped balloon/ A bunch of heart-shaped balloons
• A single red rose/ A bunch of red roses
• A Valentine’s Day bar of chocolate/ A Valentine’s Day box of chocolates
• A wedding proposal on Valentine’s Day/ Valentine’s Day presents and a wedding proposal on different days
• Anonymous Valentine’s Day cards/ Valentine’s Day cards with the senders’ names in
• Chocolates for Valentine’s Day/ Teddy bears for Valentine’s Day
• Going halves on a Valentine’s Day restaurant meal/ One person paying for the Valentine’s Day restaurant meal
• Housewives cooking a romantic Valentine’s Day meal for their husbands/ Housewives being taken out for a romantic Valentine’s Day meal in a restaurant
• Men and boys giving Valentine’s Day chocolates to women and girls/ Women and girls giving Valentine’s Day chocolates to men and boys/ Men and women giving Valentine’s Day chocolates to each other
• Only red roses/ Different kinds of flowers
• People who didn’t get Valentine’s Day cards being open about that/ People who might not get Valentine’s Day cards sending anonymous ones to themselves
• Schoolchildren being encouraged to make Valentine’s Day cards/ Schoolchildren being discouraged from getting involved in Valentine’s Day
• Valentine’s Day being for as many people as possible/ Valentine’s Day only being for people in romantic relationships
• Valentine’s Day cards delivered by postmen/ Valentine’s Day cards delivered by hand
• Valentine’s Day chocolates from love interests only/ Valentine’s Day chocolates from colleagues, friends and family members
• Valentine’s Day playlists on your music streaming services/ Live violinists playing romantic songs
• Pink or red chocolate tasting of strawberries/ Normal brown chocolate
• Sweets as Valentine’s Day presents/ Accessories you can keep like watches and necklaces as Valentine’s Day presents/ Unique experiences as Valentine’s Day presents
• Married couples having almost the same Valentine’s Day after year/ Married couples making changes every Valentine’s Day

Tell the class one option that you agreed on in your group and see if other groups agree.

Ask about any options above that you couldn’t understand, couldn’t decide on, etc, discussing the best option as a class each time.

Plural forms presentation

Without looking above, write the correct plural form of the nouns below (like the example at the top):

• (ear)ring/ rings
• glass
• bottle
• leaf
• candle
• balloon
• rose
• chocolate
• day
• (Valentine’s Day) card
• (teddy) bear
• half
• wife
• (post)man
• woman
• boy
• girl
• flower
• (your)self
• (school)child
• person
• colleague
• friend
• family member
• violinist
• strawberry
• accessory
• watch
• necklace
• experience
• change

Check above. Others may be possible, so please check if you wrote something different.

What are the rules for making regular plurals?

What are the rules after these endings:

-e

-y

-vowel+y (-ay, -ey, -oy, etc)

Which kinds of endings are followed by the /iz/ sound with one extra syllable?

Are there any patterns in irregular plurals?