REGULAR AND

IRREGULAR
PLURAL NOUNS

I BELIEF – BELIEFS
A
The plural of most CHIEF – CHIEFS Some nouns that
SONG - SONGS nouns is formed by CLIFF – CLIFFS end in –f simply add
adding final -s ROOF - ROOFS –s to form the plural
B
V The plural of most
J
BOX - BOXES nouns is formed by
ONE DEER – TWO DEER
adding final -s Some nouns have
ONE FISH – TWO FISH
ONE SHRIMP – TWO SHRIMP the same singular
C The plural of words ONE SPECIES – TWO SPECIES and plural form
that end in a ONE SHEEP – TWO SHEEP
BABY - BABIES consonant + -y is
spelled -ies
K
CRITERION – CRITERIAN
D PHENOMENON – PHENOMENA
MAN – MEN CACTUS – CACTI / CACTUSES
WOMAN – WOMEN FUNGUS – FUNGI
CHILD – CHILDREN The nouns in (d) NUCLEUS – NUCLEI
OX – OXEN have irregular plural
FOOT – FEET
STIMULUS – STIMULI
GOOSE – GEESE form that do not SYLLABUS – SYLLABI / SYLLABUSES Some nouns that
TOOTH – TEETH end in -s FORMULA – FORMULAE / FORMULAS English has
MOUSE – MICE VERTEBRA – VERTEBRAE
LOUSE - LICE borrowed from
APPENDIX- APPENDICES / APPENDIXES other languages
INDEX – INDICES/ INDEXES have foreign plural
E
ANALYSIS – ANALYSES
ECHO – ECHOES
BASIS – BASES
Some nouns that
HERO – HEROES CRISIS – CRISES
end in –o add –es to
POTATO – POTATOES BACTERIUM – BACTERIA
TOMATO - TOMATOES form the plural
CURRICULUM – CURRICULA
DATUM- DATA
MEDIUM – MEDIA
F MEMORANDUM - MEMORANDA
AUTO – AUTOS
GHETTO – GHETTOS
KANGARAROO – KANGAROOS
KILO – KILOS
MEMO – MEMOS Plural Nouns: Make the nouns plural when
PHOTO – PHOTOS Some nouns that
PIANO – PIANOS end in –o add only – necessary. Do not change any other
RADIO – RADIOS
s to form the plural words.
STUDIO – STUDIOS
TATTOO – TATTOOS
1. Bacteria are the smallest living thing. They are
VIDEO – VIDEOS simple organism that consist of one cell.
ZOO – ZOOS 2. Bacterium exist almost everywhere. They are in
the air, water, soil as well as in the body of all
living creature.
G 3. There are thousand of kind of bacterium. Most
MOSQUITO – MOSQUITOES (S) of them are harmless to human beings but some
Some nouns that end cause diseases such as tuberculosis and
TORNADO – TORNADOES (S)
in –o add either –es or pneumonia.
VOLCANO – VOLCANOES(S)
ZERO – ZEROES (S) –s to form the plural 4. Virus are also microscopic organism, but virus
live in the cell of other living thing.
5. Virus can cause many disease. They infect
human being with such illness as influenza, the
H common cold, measles, and AIDS (Acquired
CALF – CALVES Some nouns that Immunodeficiency Syndrome).
HALF – HALVES 6. Today health official are expressing great
end in –f or –fe are
KNIFE – KNIVES concern about our health in the future. They
SHELF – SHELVES changed to –ves to feel that today there is an epidemic of infectious
WOLF - WOLVES form the plural condition that are difficult to treat.
Plural Nouns: Write the correct form of the nouns in parenthesis
1. I met some interesting_____________________ at the meeting last night (man)
2. I need some __________________ to light the fire (match)
3. The baby got two new_____________(tooth)
4. The farmer loaded his cart with ____________of fresh vegetables to take to market.
His cart was pulled by two________(box, ox)
5. Alex saw some_______________ running across the floor (mouse)
6. The north side of the island has no __________. There are only steep __________. No
one can climb these steep wall of rock (beach, cliff)
7. If a houseplant is given too much water, its lower ___________turn yellow. (leaf)
8. Before Marie signed the contract, she talked to two______________ (attorney)
9. New scientific___________________are made every day in ____________ throughout
the world(discovery, laboratory)
10. I caught several ______________in the lake (fish)
11.On our trip in the mountainous countryside, we saw some_____________,
___________, and wild_________________ (wolf, fox, deer, sheep).
12.When we spoke in the cave, we could hear____________of our voices. (echo)
13. The music building at the university has 27 __________________. Students need to
sign up for practice times.(piano)
14. Thunder and lightning are _______________ of nature. (phenomenon)
15.People get most of their news about the world through the mass that is, through
radio, television, the Internet, newspapers and magazines (medium)

Plural Nouns: Write the correct form of the following nouns.

1. Child ______________ 10. Stimulus _____________

2. Zero ______________ 11. Offspring _____________

3. Mouse _____________ 12. Bacterium ____________

4. Monkey ____________ 13. Curriculum ___________

5. Industry ____________ 14. Fish _________________

6. Woman ____________ 15. Box___________________

7. Fox ____________ 16. Echo _________________

8. Goose ____________ 17. Sheep ________________