THERE ARE NO BLACK BOXES ON THIS WORKSHEET! IT IS A PROBLEM ON THE SITE. IT IS FINE ON DOWNLOAD. This is a passage about why there are so many irregular plurals in English. I see this as hopefully getting them interested in how languages develop and becoming a bit more language aware! I hope that does not sound too pretentious! They have to complete the exercises and think about plurals in their own language. Key provided. 

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RC: a brief history of irregular plurals.

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Let's do English ESL reading for detail (deep reading). THERE ARE NO BLACK BOXES ON THIS WORKSHEET! IT IS A PROBLEM ON THE SITE. IT IS FINE ON DOWNLOAD. This is…