Write the plural of the following nouns:

Решение:

Irregular Plurals

• man - men
• woman - women
• child - children
• goose - geese
• foot - feet
• tooth - teeth
• louse - lice
• mouse - mice
• deer - deer
• sheep - sheep
• fish - fish
• trout - trout

Singular or Plural verbs

Some nouns take only a plural verb. These are nouns which have a plural meaning such as clothes, people, police, stairs, etc. or objects which consist of two parts such as trousers, pyjamas, binoculars, scissors, shoes, shorts, gloves, glasses, socks, etc. We do not use 'a' number with these words. We use the phrase 'pair of ...' instead.

Where are your earrings? I was given a pair of earrings.

Some nouns take only a singular verb. These are: mass nouns (bread, tea, milk, etc.), school subjects (Maths, Physics, History, etc.), games, diseases (football, billiards, mumps, etc.), nouns such as advice, weather, luggage, furniture, money, news, knowledge, work, etc.

Plurals for the exercise:

• 1 city - cities
• 2 brother-in-law - brothers-in-law
• 3 headline - headlines
• 4 photo - photos
• 5 stepfather - stepfathers
• 6 couch - couches
• 7 dish - dishes
• 8 tray - trays
• 9 roof - roofs
• 10 goose - geese
• 11 trout - trout
• 12 mouse - mice
• 13 tooth - teeth
• 14 knife - knives
• 15 potato - potatoes
• 16 dining room - dining rooms
• 17 water bottle - water bottles
• 18 bus driver - bus drivers