Tip 28: Plural Nouns

A list of irregular plural nouns to take note in P2:

1) box-boxes
2) sandwich-sandwiches
3) lunch-lunches
4) volcano-volcanoes
5) buffalo-buffaloes
6) mosquito-mosquitoes
7) tornado-tornadoes
8) city-cities
9) scarf-scarves
10) hoof-hooves
11) hero-heroes
12) tomato-tomatoes
13) potato- potatoes
14) man-men
15) child-children
16) woman-women
17) mouse-mice
18) tooth-teeth
19) goose-geese
20) foot-feet
21) ox-oxen
22) shelf-shelves
23) thief-thieves
24) wife-wives
25) deer-deer
26) fish-fish
27) bus-buses
28) calf-calves
29) yourself-yourselves
30) echo-echoes
31) sheep-sheep
32) knife-knives
33) dwarf-dwarves
34) leaf-leaves
35) penny-pennies
36) baby-babies
37) story-stories
38) life-lives
39) kiss-kisses
40) quiz-quizzes
41) half-halves
42) spy-spies
43) stitch-stitches
44) fly-flies
45) copy-copies
46) beach-beaches
47) party-parties
48) church-churches

Tip 27: Present and Past Tense

When tackling present/past tense multiple choice questions, such as:

1) "Everyone always_____something to say about the canteen food last year.
- has
- had
- having
- have

2) May ___ to eat ice-cream, so her mum buys her a tub.
- love
- loves
- loving
- loved

Get your primary 1 or 2 child to follow these rules:

- always finish reading the whole sentence (because it's important not to miss any clues if the event in in present or past, or any other information)

- decide if the event is in the present or past (and this would help determine if the verb will be in present or past tense.)

- if verb is in present tense, ensure subject-verb agreement. (Examine if subject is singular or plural, e.g Nobody likes him)

- if verb is in past tense, use it regardless of plural or singular subject, unless it's was/were whereby subject-verb agreement has to be ensured.