Flashcards for Irregular Plurals

Language Unleashed: Flashcards for Irregular Plurals

These visuals have been created to support learners to develop their grammatical vocabulary in fun, engaging, and beneficial ways. Irregular plurals are hard for some learners because we can’t simply add the -s rule to the word – we have to learn a different word, and know when to use it.

As speech pathologists we understand the need for good visuals. When we designed these flashcards, we had this in mind:

• Dosage: learners need multiple exposures to words to understand and then use them. We have 24 examples of both the singular version (e.g. child) and the plural version (e.g. children) for every single target. That’s 48 images per pair!
• Context: learners need to use new words in a range of contexts. This helps to teach the breadth and depth of each word. We have chosen a range of images for each target to ensure this flexibility is embedded into your teaching.
• Concrete to abstract: We understand that different images have different levels of complexity. We want to make sure our learners understand meaning in as many different ways as possible. For this reason we have included photographs, graphics, line drawings, colour, black and white – as much variety as we could muster.
• Diversity: We want our learners to see themselves in our visuals. We want our learners to explore and talk about other countries, cultures, and ways of life. We want our visuals to truly reflect diversity across disability, age, culture, race and more.

By purchasing this resource you will receive:

• Clear instructions and suggestions for how to use these flashcards for maximum impact
• 24 images for each of the 10 irregular plurals – that is 240 flashcards!
• Additional resources to play games such as Memory Pairs and Go Fish, using with text and without text versions.

We recommend either printing onto cardstock, or printing, cutting and laminating, to make your flashcards last longer.

“Language Unleashed offers a fabulous and dynamic learning opportunity for struggling learners.”

Rosalie Martin
Senior Speech Pathologist, Criminologist, Dialogue Facilitator, 2017 Tasmanian Australian of the Year