Name: ________________________ Score: ________
FUNNY LANGUAGE
We’ll begin with box, the plural is boxes
But the plural of ox should be oxen not oxes
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese
Yet the plural of moose could never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse, or a whole rest of mice
But the plural of house is houses, not hice
If the plural of man should always be men
Why is the plural of pan, pans and not pen?
The cow in the plural maybe called cows or kine
But the plural of vow is vows never vine
If I speak at a foot and you show your two feet
When I give you a boot, will a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth
Why is the plural of booth called booths
We speak of brother, make it two becomes brethren
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Is it true that English can confuse you and me?
I would love to discover the farther side of thee
Learning the language would be fun, you will see
We’ll deal with English as funny as can be.
1. What is the poem all about?
2. If the plural of box is boxes, is the plural of ox, oxes?
3. If goose the plural is geese, will the plural of moose be
meese?
4. If the plural of mouse is mice, is the plural of house a hice?
5. Write the nouns found in the poem and give their plural
form.
Name: ________________________ Score: ________
FUNNY LANGUAGE
We’ll begin with box, the plural is boxes
But the plural of ox should be oxen not oxes
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese
Yet the plural of moose could never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse, or a whole rest of mice
But the plural of house is houses, not hice
If the plural of man should always be men
Why is the plural of pan, pans and not pen?
The cow in the plural maybe called cows or kine
But the plural of vow is vows never vine
If I speak at a foot and you show your two feet
When I give you a boot, will a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth
Why is the plural of booth called booths
We speak of brother, make it two becomes brethren
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Is it true that English can confuse you and me?
I would love to discover the farther side of thee
Learning the language would be fun, you will see
We’ll deal with English as funny as can be.
1. What is the poem all about?
2. If the plural of box is boxes, is the plural of ox, oxes?
3. If goose the plural is geese, will the plural of moose be
meese?
4. If the plural of mouse is mice, is the plural of house a hice?
5. Write the nouns found in the poem and give their plural
form.
Name: ________________________ Score: ________
FUNNY LANGUAGE
We’ll begin with box, the plural is boxes
But the plural of ox should be oxen not oxes
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese
Yet the plural of moose could never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse, or a whole rest of mice
But the plural of house is houses, not hice
If the plural of man should always be men
Why is the plural of pan, pans and not pen?
The cow in the plural maybe called cows or kine
But the plural of vow is vows never vine
If I speak at a foot and you show your two feet
When I give you a boot, will a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth
Why is the plural of booth called booths
We speak of brother, make it two becomes brethren
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Is it true that English can confuse you and me?
I would love to discover the farther side of thee
Learning the language would be fun, you will see
We’ll deal with English as funny as can be.
1. What is the poem all about?
2. If the plural of box is boxes, is the plural of ox, oxes?
3. If goose the plural is geese, will the plural of moose be
meese?
4. If the plural of mouse is mice, is the plural of house a hice?
5. Write the nouns found in the poem and give their plural
form.
Name: ________________________ Score: ________
FUNNY LANGUAGE
We’ll begin with box, the plural is boxes
But the plural of ox should be oxen not oxes
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese
Yet the plural of moose could never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse, or a whole rest of mice
But the plural of house is houses, not hice
If the plural of man should always be men
Why is the plural of pan, pans and not pen?
The cow in the plural maybe called cows or kine
But the plural of vow is vows never vine
If I speak at a foot and you show your two feet
When I give you a boot, will a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth
Why is the plural of booth called booths
We speak of brother, make it two becomes brethren
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Is it true that English can confuse you and me?
I would love to discover the farther side of thee
Learning the language would be fun, you will see
We’ll deal with English as funny as can be.
1. What is the poem all about?
2. If the plural of box is boxes, is the plural of ox, oxes?
3. If goose the plural is geese, will the plural of moose be
meese?
4. If the plural of mouse is mice, is the plural of house a hice?
5. Write the nouns found in the poem and give their plural
form.