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Irregular plurals and group words

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 7-9
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  1. Which singular/plural pair keeps exactly the same spelling?

    • woman/women
    • deer/deer
    • leaf/leaves

  2. What is the plural noun for child?

    • children
    • childrens
    • childs

  3. In 'Seven sheep rested,' sheep is plural even though its spelling has not changed.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which spelling is the plural of the bird noun goose?

    • geeses
    • gooses
    • geese

  5. A dictionary entry says 'foot, plural feet.' Which note records the form for one before the form for several?

    • feet, foot
    • foot, feet
    • foot, foots

  6. In 'two packs of wolves,' packs is both plural and a collective noun.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. Which conventional group word taught here fits 'a ___ of birds'?

    • flock
    • pack
    • herd

  8. Which noun completes 'Two ___ fixed the car'?

    • men
    • man
    • mans

  9. Which phrase names several groups of birds rather than one group?

    • three flocks of birds
    • a flock of three birds
    • one flock of many birds

  10. Liam means several of each animal and both body parts: 'The gooses chased the mouses around my foots.' Which repair fixes every intended plural?

    • geese, mouses, feet
    • gooses, mice, feet
    • geese, mice, feet
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Irregular plurals and group words W1-mt_nFBLNoChD0-s1

  1. deer/deer · Deer has the same spelling for one animal or several.
  2. children · The full plural spelling is children.
  3. True · Seven shows more than one. Sheep keeps the same spelling in singular and plural use.
  4. geese · Goose has the plural geese.
  5. foot, feet · The entry gives foot as singular and feet as plural. Record foot, feet.
  6. True · Packs names more than one group. Being plural does not stop it from being a collective noun.
  7. flock · The taught conventional phrase is a flock of birds.
  8. men · Two needs a plural noun. Man becomes men.
  9. three flocks of birds · Three flocks counts three groups. A flock and one flock each name one group.
  10. geese, mice, feet · All three intended plurals need checking. The complete repair uses geese, mice and feet.
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