Good Afternoon my dear Grade 6
students !!! The crisis is not yet over ... It is on its 18th day today
and the clearing operation continues. Young as you are, you have seen and
experienced this atrocity brought by some MNLF fighters ...Thousands of
innocent people suffered and were left homeless; our daily routine had been
paralyzed; Recently, our government announced the continued suspension of
classes and work
( within the areas of concern) due to continuing sporadic
firefights and the ongoing impasse between government forces and forces of the
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
We've missed two weeks already, so we
thought of posting our lessons so that you can at least review at home.....
The last lesson we tackled in Language
6 was about the NUMBER OF NOUNS. Please go over with the handouts I gave RE:
Different rules on how to write the plural form of nouns because when
everything will be normalized, a quiz on the said topic will be given.
Here are the other lessons you should
read. ( You can PRINT this out and PASTE on your notebook, so as when we resume
our classes, we will not dwell too much in copying of lectures. It will just gonna be purely explanation and
board exercises )
LESSON I : FOREIGN AND ENGLISH PLURALS
Points to Remember :
1. Some nouns
in English are borrowed from other languages like Latin and Classical Greek.
Their plural forms are referred to FOREIGN PLURALS.
2. The foreign
plurals of some of the foreign nouns in English are still used today. Others
have both the foreign plural and the English plural forms.
Note : You need to master the plural forms of such
foreign nouns in order to use them correctly in sentences. Memorize them :
Examples :
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SINGULAR
|
PLURAL
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alumna (
female )
|
alumnae
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alumnus (male
)
|
alumni
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analysis
|
analyses
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bacillus
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bacilli
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bacterium
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bacteria
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crisis
|
crises
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erratum
|
errata
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hypothesis
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hypotheses
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madame
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mesdames
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oasis
|
oases
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parenthesis
|
parentheses
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senor
|
senores
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stimulus
|
stimuli
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Ø
Some foreign nouns in English have both the foreign
plural and the English plural forms. Study these examples :
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Singular
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Foreign
Plural
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English
Plural
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ADDENDUM
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ADDENDA
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ADDENDUMS
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GENIUS
|
GENII
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GENIUSES
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GENUS
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GENERA
|
GENUSES
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AGENDUM
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AGENDA
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AGENDUMS
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DATUM
|
DATA
|
DATUMS
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ADIEU
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ADIEUX
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ADIEUS
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APPARATUS
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APPARATUS
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APPARATUSES
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BANDIT
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BANDITTI
|
BANDITS
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BEAU
|
BEAUX
|
BEAUS
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CANDELABRUM
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CANDELABRA
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CANDELABRUMS
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CHERUB
|
CHERUBIM
|
CHERUBS
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CRITERION
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CRITERIA
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CRITERIONS
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FOCUS
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FOCI
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FOCUSES
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FORMULA
|
FORMULAE
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FORMULAS
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FUNGUS
|
FUNGI
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FUNGUSES
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GYMNASIUM
|
GYMNASIA
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GYMNASIUMS
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HIPPOPOTAMUS
|
HIPPOPOTAMI
|
HIPPOPOTAMUSES
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LARVA
|
LARVAE
|
LARVAS
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PHENOMENON
|
PHENOMENA
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PHENOMENONS
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VERTEX
|
VERTICES
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VERTEXES
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LESSON 2 : GENDER OF NOUNS
a. Masculine - refer to a boy/male gender
b. Feminine
- refer to a girl/female gender
c. Common
- refer to both male and female
d. Neuter – neither
masculine nor feminine ( maybe objects, places or ideas)
I. LIST OF MASCULINE AND
FEMININE NOUNS IN DIFFERENT GROUPS :
A.
TITLES OF
ROYALTY OR HONORARY TITLES :
MASCULINE FEMININE
emperor empress
sultan sultana
maharaja maharani
viscount viscountess
marquess marchioness
B.
ROLES,
POSITION AND OCCUPATIONS
MASCULINE FEMININE
usher usherette
director directress
actor actress
steward stewardess
heir heiress
laundryman laundress
tailor seamstress
sir madame
warlock witch
host hostess
benefactor benefactress
poet poetess
patron patroness
widower widow
abbot abbess
priest priestess
monsieur mademoiselle
manservant maidservant
headmaster headmistress
proprietor proprietress
landlord landlady
son-in-law daughter-in-law
groomsman bridesmaid
groom bride
hero heroine
shepherd shepherdess
waiter waitress
salesman saleswoman
dairyman dairymaid
alumnus alumna
deacon deaconess
prophet prophetess
aviator aviatrix
C.
RELATIVES/
BLOOD RELATIONS
MASCULINE FEMININE
uncle aunt
niece nephew
grandson
granddaughter
grandnephew
grandniece
great grandfather
great grandmother
godfather
godmother
son-in-law daughter-in-law
stepfather
stepmother
stepson
stepdaughter
D.
ANIMALS
MASCULINE FEMININE
gander goose
bull
cow
ram
ewe
tiger
tigress
colt
filly
peacock peahen
billy
nanny goat
buck
goat
rooster/cock hen
drake
duck
lion
lioness
stallion mare
boar
sow
tomcat
tabby
fox vixen
II. EXAMPLES OF NOUNS WITH COMMON GENDER
- human 11. chicken
- person 12. nurse
- parent 13. engineer
- spouse 14. student
- child/baby/infant 15. teacher
- sibling 16. professor
- horse 17. lawyer
- pig/hog 18. doctor
- sheep 19. principal
- deer 20. toddler
LESSON 3. SPELLING WORDS
( TWO-THREE SYLLABLE WORDS)
1. blizzard
– noun – a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
2. minion
– noun – a servile or fawning dependant
3. heinous
- adjective – extremely wicked, deeply
criminal
4. obscure – adjective – not clearly understood
5. finesse
– noun – subtly skillful handling of a situation
6. ghastly – adjective – shockingly repellent
7. gourmet – noun – person devoted to refined
sensuous enjoyment
( especially food and drink)
8. lewdness
– noun – trait of behaving in an obscene manner
9. naive
– adjective – lacking information or instruction
10.
façade – noun- face or front of a building
11.
cephalic – adjective – of or relating to the
head
12.
cessation – noun – a stopping
13.
gallivant – verb – wander aimlessly
14.
millennium – noun – a span of 1000 years
15.
subpoena – noun – a writ issued by court
16.
conspicuous – adjective- obvious to the
eye or mind
17.
deterrence
– noun – the act or process of discouraging actions
18.
embedded – adjective – inserted as an integral
part of a surrounding whole
19.
liaison – noun – a channel for communication
between groups
20.
eavesdrop – verb – listen without the
speaker’s knowledge
LESSON 4. THEME WRITING
Procedure :
1.
View the four videos I have shared on my
FACEBOOK wall, namely:
a. Heal Our Land Zamboanga City
b. Zamboanga Siege (Mindanao)
c. Stand Zamboanga City
d. Zoom In : Zamboanga City ( official video)
2.
Reflect on these cruel and inhumane acts
caused by the MNLFs Fighters.
3.
Keep abreast with the latest news about
this atrocity.
4.
Be ready to write a composition about this
Zamboanga Siege.
Just
gather your thoughts and be prepared with pertinent information so that you can
make a good composition about it in school.
Note : Be ready also for the scheduled group report Re : Compound Nouns and Collective Nouns which you had prepared three weeks ago.
Let us continue to pray, together light a candle
and pray for peace so that we can all live normally without fear …too much
damage has been done…Keep safe everyone !
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