Hello everybody.

A) Complete the sentences with the plural form of the nouns below:
1) The old ___________________ always left the ______________ near the
__________________ and their money on the kitchen ___________________,
and the ____________________ knew all about it.
lady / key / gate / shelf / thief
2) From the_____________ the wounded ___________________ were able to
shoot at their _____________________.
roof / hero / enemy
3) Their _________________ picked some big __________________, and cut
the ________________ in ________________.
wife / knife / loaf / half
4) The little _________________ riding _________________, and the
____________________ on the toy ________________ brought
_____________________ of joy to the ____________________ at the
_____________________.
monkey / donkey / goose / bus / tear / child / circus
B) Fill in the blanks with was or were, as required:
1) The scientist's thesis ________________ accepted by everybody.
2) The political crises __________________ followed by a bloody revolution.
3) The data _________________ correct, but the analysis ______________ not.
4) Some phenomena of nature ______________ explained by Professor Clarke in
his lecture.
C) Some nouns have irregular plural forms. The most important ones are included in
the exercise below. Match the two columms:
Singular / Plural
1. child
2. man
3. woman
4. mouse
5. ox
6. sheep
7. gentleman
8. foot
9. tooth
10. goose
11. deer
12. louse
( ) geese
( ) oxen
( ) gentlemen
( ) children

( ) men
( ) deer
( ) mice
( ) women
( ) sheep
( ) lice
( ) feet
( ) teeth

Complete the sentences using the words represented in the pictures.

1. There were too many _________________ on the beach.

2. We saw a few ________________ in the barn.

3. You have to roll the ________________ to play this game.

4. The kids walked in with dirty _______________.

5. She has very beautiful _______________.

6. There are a few __________________ in the court.

7. Lots of ___________________ were in the audience.

8. We could see a lot of beautiful ________________ when we were diving.

1. These (person)

are protesting against the president.

2. The (woman)

3. My (child)

over there want to meet the manager.

hate eating pasta.

4. I am ill. My (foot)

hurt.

5. Muslims kill (sheep)

in a religious celebration.

6. I clean my (tooth)

7. The (student )

8. The (fish)

three times a day.

are doing the exercise right now.

I bought is in the fridge.

9. They are sending some (man)

10. Most (houswife)

work more than ten hours a day at home.

11. Where did you put the (knife)

On the (shelf)

to fix the roof.

12. (Goose)

like water.

13. (Piano)

are expensive

14. Some (policeman)

15. Where is my (luggage)

came to arrest him.

In the car!
Write down the correct form of the plural:
1. city -

2. house -

3. boy -

4. family -

5. life -

6. photo -

7. phone -

8. sandwich -

9. nurse -

10. elf -

11. phenomenon -

12. criterion -

13. village -

14. toy -

15. 01. (FMU) The little _________ are in that __________.

16. a) foxes boxes
b) fox box
c) foxen box
d) foxes box
e) foxen boxen
17. 02. (PUCC) Five ________ packages were sent to South America.
a) thousand
b) thousand of
c) thousands
d) thousands of
e) all are correct
03. (PUCC) O plural de sister in law, child e armchair :
a) sister in law, children, armchairs
b) sister in law, children, armschair
c) sisters in law, childs, armchairs
d) sister in law, children, armchairs
e) sisters in law, children, armchairs
04. (FMU) Their ___________ are against their attitudes.
a) believe
b) belief
c) believes

d) beliefs
e) believ
05. (MACK HUM) The plural of louse and mouse is:
a) louses mouses
b) lice mice
c) lice mouses
d) louses mice
e) a and b are corrects
06. (PUCC) O plural de buzz, country e shelf :
a) buzz, countres, shelfs
b) buzzes, countries, shelves
c) buzzes, countres, shelves
d) buzzes, countrys, shelves
e) buzz, countres, shelves
07. (ABC) The plural of brother in law is:
a) brothers in law
b) brother in laws
c) brothers in laws
d) brethren in laws
e) it has no plural
08. (FMU) ___________ are generally big and black animals.
a) Ox
b) Oxes
c) Oxen
d) Foxen
e) Fox
09. (ITA) The United States ____________ a big country.
a) is
b) are
c) have
d) a e b so corretas
e) todas so corretas
10. (OSEC) ___________ names were published in this list.
a) Hundreds
b) Hundreds of
c) Hundred
d) Hundred of
e) Five hundreds of