Sentence Agreement

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Irregular Plural Nouns Framed | Unframed

 

 

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Plural Form Has Mid-Vowel Changes

mouse
mouse race
SINGULAR PLURAL
mouse mice /maɪs/
foot feet /fit/
tooth teeth /tiθ/
goose geese /gis/
louse lice /laɪs/

 

Plural Form is Same as Singular Form

fish
fish tank (plural)
SINGULAR PLURAL
fish fish
deer deer
sheep sheep
shrimp shrimp*  (Amer. Eng)  /ʃrɪmp/
offspring offspring
series series  /ˈsɪəriz/
species species   /ˈspiʃiz, -siz/
means means
grapefruit grapefruit*  *About "fruit" plural form (next page)

 

Plural Form is a Borrowed Word (from another language)

man
 

Men
 

SINGULAR PLURAL
man (mæn) men /mɛn/
woman women /ˈwɪmɪn/
child (chaild) children /ˈtʃɪldrən/
phenomenon phenomena /fɪˈnɒmənə/
criterion criteria
bacterium bacteria
curriculum curricula
datum data   /ˈdeɪtə, ˈdætə, ˈdɑtə/
medium media
memorandum memoranda
cactus cacti
fungus fungi
nucleus nuclei
stimulus stimuli
syllabus syllabi
formula formulae / formulas
vertebra vertebrae
appendix appendices /appendixes
index indices / indexes
analysis analyses
basis bases
crisis crises
hypothesis hypotheses
oasis oases
parenthesis parentheses
thesis theses

IPA Pronunciation Key

 

 

Practice

 

Write the plural form of the noun in the blank.  Then, check your answer. 

 

# IMAGE YOUR RESPONSE CHECK ANSWER
 
fungus



A mushroom is a type of fungus.

 


1. index (finger)index (finger)    


An index is a directory or your pointing finger.
2. ( )

 

3. bacterium   
4. vertebra
 

A vertebra is a backbone.
5. memorandum 
6.    phenomenon               

Definintion: An unusual, significant, or unaccountable fact or occurrence; a marvel

7. deer 
8. cactus
9. data
 
10. formula
11. mouse
12. fruit
 

About "fruit" plural form
13. fish
14. man
15. teeth

 

 

 

 

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Julie Sevastopoulos -   College of San Mateo - San Mateo, CA 94402 USA