Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns
Complete the sentences with the plural form of the nouns in red:
IRREGULAR
PLURAL NOUNS
A noun that becomes plural by
changing its spelling in other ways than
adding-sor-es
EXAMPLES
More than one man-men
More than one person-people
More than one mouse-mice
More than one chid-children
More than one fool-feel
More than one goose-geese
More than one looth-feelh
More than one louse-Ice
More than one cacius - caci
1. Only six
2. Can you cut the lemon into two_
3. I bought three.
4. Our
are allowed in this lift. (person)
_? (half)
8. Be careful! Those
9. People have one life, cats have nine.
10. We need two.
11. The
12. Look at your
13. Jill's cats love to chase and catch.
14. The.
from the market. (fish)
played happily in the park. (child)
.(wolf)
5. The lamb was attacked by a pack of.
6. Don't forget to brush your
7. Many
look really sharp. (knife)
_. (tooth)
love to go shopping. (woman)
(life)
to make sandwiches for the picnic. (loaf)
were caught by the police yesterday morning. (thief)
they are filthy. (foot)
in our alleyway. (mouse)
got together to watch the football match. (man)
around her neck. (scarf)
15. My mother loves wearing_
16. I saw a flock of.
17. I had to brush up all the dead_
18. The horse's
19. In the past farmers used.
20. We have to go to IKEA to buy a few.
for all your books. (shelf)
21. Alice often sow
in the hours of the morning. (deer)
Exercise: Use any of these irregular plural nouns in your own sentences.
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flying over our house. (goose)
in our garden. (leaf)
need cleaning. (hoof)
to help plough the fields. (ox)