Most plurals just add -s or -es, but some of the oldest words in English do their own thing. In Mice & Geese Meadow, Year 2 writers collect the rule-breakers: words that change their vowels, swap -f for -ves, or don’t change at all.
Apa yang akan dipelajari anak anda
- Know common plurals that change the word: mice, feet, teeth, men, women, children, geese
- Change -f or -fe to -ves in words like leaves, wolves and knives
- Know words that stay the same: sheep, fish and deer
- Spot the correct plural in a sentence
Three kinds of rule-breaker
Some words change in the middle: foot becomes feet and goose becomes geese. Some change at the end: leaf becomes leaves and child becomes children. And a few don’t change: one sheep, ten sheep.
These plurals can’t be worked out from a rule — they simply have to be heard, read and remembered. The good news is that there are not very many of them.
Contoh soalan
Berikut ialah beberapa soalan seperti dalam misi pertama. Bolehkah anda menjawabnya?
1. What is the plural of “child”?
- children
- childs
- childrens
- childes
Tunjuk jawapan
Jawapan: children. One child, two children.
2. What is the plural of “man”?
- men
- mens
- mans
- manes
Tunjuk jawapan
Jawapan: men. One man, two men.
3. What is the plural of “foot”?
- feets
- feet
- foots
- footes
Tunjuk jawapan
Jawapan: feet. One foot, two feet.
Tip untuk orang dewasa
- Play “one and lots”: you say “one tooth”, your child says “lots of teeth”.
- When your child says “mouses” or “foots”, gently say the sentence back the right way.
- Look for tricky plurals in story books — farms and forests are full of them.