Irregular Plural nouns
mother-in-law mothers-in-law The plural of a few nouns is formed in irregular ways. You will have to memorize these. Singular Plural mouse mice foot feet goose geese mother-in-law mothers-in-law drive-in drive-ins ox oxen
A few nouns have the same singular and plural form Singular Plural sheep sheep Chinese Chinese moose moose grapefruit grapefruit deer deer salmon salmon fish fish
Practice A team of ______ pulled a wagon with three _______ inside. A. ox . . . woman B. oxen . . . women C. oxes . . . women D. oxens . . . womans
A team of _oxen_ pulled a wagon with three _women_ inside.
Near the campsite they saw two _______ and several ________. A. deer . . . moose B. deers . . . moose C. deers . . . mooses D. deer . . . meese
Near the campsite they saw two _deer_ and several _moose_.
Write each sentence in your notebook using the correct plural 1. The (foots, feet) on the girl were dirty. Every school has many (children, childs). She was missing her two front (teeth, tooths). The two (mouses, mice) were eating cheese. Three (woman, women) are talking. Many (persons, people) walk to work.