Plural of Nouns-Irregular

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child-children

man-men

woman-women

foot-feet

person-people*

goose-geese

tooth-teeth

mouse-mice

louse-lice

ox-oxen

*persons is used in very formal way

The following nouns are the same in the singular and plural:

deer-deer

sheep-sheep

fish-fish*

sheep-sheep

*fish can be

used as fishes but in a different context.

The following nouns change –is to –es:

basis-bases

crisis-crises

diagnosis-diagnoses

thesis-theses

oasis-oases

axis-axes

synopsis-synopses

Exercise1:

Turn the noun in brackets into the plural form:

1.         Many____(woman) like to shop.

2.         There are lots of_____(mouse) in here.

3.         Look at these_____(goose), they are beautiful!

4.         I always brush my _____(tooth) before going to bed.

5.         How many_____(person) were at the party?

6.         These_____(fish) look fantastic!

7.         Have you already read the story 'Four _____(ox) and the Lion'?

8.         I need to clean the house, especially to put the sheets into the washing machine in case there are some____(louse) in the sheets.

9.         Look at my____(foot), they're really dirty now!

Exercise2:

Turn the noun in brackets into the plural form:

1.         Their playgrouds were the____ (oasis) of peace and sanity amid the surrounding chaos.

2.         You need to watch out for those____(axis) there, I need to put them somewhere else.

3.         There are many kinds of____(fish)* in the sea.

4.         _____(deer) are the ruminant mammals that comprise the family Cervidae. (wiki)

5.         ____(sheep) (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock.

6.         You need to establish some____(basis) for further improvements.

7.         She was given several____(diagnosis) but none seems to be right.

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