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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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