Irregular Plural Nouns
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
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If you point to a picture of several mice or a group of children, can your child write the correct plural — knowing it's "mice" not "mouses" and "children" not "childs"?
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
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- 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')
“If you point to a picture of several mice or a group of children, can your child write the correct plural — knowing it's "mice" not "mouses" and "children" not "childs"?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 7–9
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