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Irregular Plurals: Not Just Adding -s

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 7-9
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Which word names just one animal?

    • teeth
    • goose
    • geese

  2. What is the plural of 'child'?

    • children
    • childrens
    • childs

  3. The plural of 'goose' is 'geese'.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. What is the plural of 'goose'?

    • geeses
    • gooses
    • geese

  5. Which sentence has a plural that needs fixing?

    • The geese swam in the pond.
    • The mices ate the cheese.
    • My feet are cold.

  6. A pack of birds is the right way to name a group of birds.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. Which word names a whole group of birds flying together?

    • A flock
    • A pack
    • A herd

  8. Which word finishes the sentence: 'Two ___ fixed the car.'

    • men
    • man
    • mans

  9. Which collective noun fits best: 'A ___ of geese landed on the lake.'

    • flock
    • pack
    • herd

  10. Liam wrote: 'The gooses chased the mouses around my foots.' How many plural mistakes did he make?

    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
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Irregular Plurals: Not Just Adding -s W1-mt_nFBLNoChD0-s1

  1. goose · Geese and teeth are both plurals. Goose is the one that names a single animal.
  2. children · Child changes into a whole new word: one child, many children.
  3. True · Goose changes into geese, so the statement is right.
  4. geese · Goose does not take -s. It becomes geese.
  5. The mices ate the cheese. · Mices is not a word. Mouse becomes mice, so the cheese sentence needs fixing.
  6. False · Birds come in a flock. A pack goes with wolves, not birds.
  7. A flock · A flock is the collective noun for birds. Pack and herd name other kinds of groups.
  8. men · Two means more than one, and man becomes men. Mans is not a real word.
  9. flock · Geese are birds, and birds come in a flock. Pack and herd go with other animals.
  10. 3 · Gooses, mouses, and foots are all wrong. The right words are geese, mice, and feet.
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