Irregular Plural Nouns
English · Grammar & Punctuation · procedural
Form and use irregular plural nouns (e.g., children, teeth, mice, geese) in addition to regular plurals, recognising that some nouns have irregular plural forms that do not follow the -s/-es pattern
What mastery looks like
- Form and use irregular plural nouns correctly (e.g. child→children, tooth→teeth, mouse→mice, goose→geese)
- Identify collective nouns that name a group (e.g. 'a flock of birds', 'a group of children', 'a pack of wolves')
- Correct over-regularised plurals in writing (e.g. change 'mouses' to 'mice', 'foots' to 'feet')
Check your understanding
If you point to a picture of several mice or a group of children, can Irregular Plural Nouns write the correct plural — knowing it's "mice" not "mouses" and "children" not "childs"?
Prerequisites
Required first