Exercises Plural Nouns - MIX

Write the correct form of the plural:

singular plural singular plural

city life
house photo
boy phone
family sandwich
nurse elf
criterion phenomenon
village toy

Put in the correct form of the plural.

singular plural singular plural

desk box
pencil life
bike family
cat boy
invitation house
watch city
game man
cage child
sandwich nurse
shelf wife

Write down the correct form of the plural:

singular plural singular plural

half logo
kilo mouse
photo louse
series penny
wife bus
offspring day
chief fish
woman motto
mouth potato
foot tomato
nose echo
sheep veto
eye hero
brother-in-law piano
sister-in-law video
tomato crisis
tooth ox
party roof
deer leaf
aircraft loaf
Exercises Plural Nouns MIX 1/5
What is the correct plural of the word?

singular plural singular plural

person sheep
woman student
child fish
foot man
teeth housewife
goose shelf
policeman piano

Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of the nouns in brackets

I have three (child, children).

I see five (man, men) and one (woman, women).
(Baby, Babies) play with their toys.
I put two big (potato, potatoes) in the lunch box.
I have two (watch, watches).
I see a (mouse, mice) in the house.
There are three (bus, buses) on the road.

Change each of the plural nouns below into singular nouns.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Books Glasses
Tables Quizzes
Days Classes
Cars Buses
Watches Scarves
Foxes Calves
Babies Thieves
Bodies Loaves
Monkeys Lives
Parties Selves
Dictionaries Wolves
Cities Knives
Teeth Potatoes
Children Tomatoes
Men Houses
People Cherries
Mice Deer
Feet Oxen
Geese Boxes
Sheep Deer
Heroes Mosquitoes

Exercises Plural Nouns MIX 2/5

Fill in the correct plural forms of the given words into the gaps.

singular plural singular plural

watermelon inch
bush wolf
book fish
piano carpet
photo business
problem crash
hero son-in-law
fork dish
farmer box
light cliff
brandy hypothesis
ox goose
phenomenon alumnus
thesis fish
police mouse
man news
child foot
basis crisis
pen thief
glass toy
car key
baby kiss
life lady
calf knife
tooth enemy
wish box
church loss
way line
shows dress
monkey toothbrush
strawberry man
scarf orange
tomato camera
wife life
cattle dish
bench story

Write the plural of these nouns:

a fly - six ……………... a box - three……………...

a tooth - ten ……………...
a child - three ……………... a match - five ……………...
a key - four ……………...
a wolf - eight ……………... a boy - eight ……………...
a fox - two ……………...
a camera - nine ……………... a player - eight ……………...
a baby - three ……………...
an hour - six ……………... a man - two ……………...
a goose - ten ……………...
a lady - seven ……………... a day - three ……………...
a foot - eight ……………...
a life - two ……………... a knife - five ……………...

Exercises Plural Nouns MIX 3/5

 a woman - eight ……………...
a glass - four ……………... a house - two ……………...
a photo - twelve ……………...

Choose the correct word. The women /woman are in the shop.

The glass / glasses is full. The mouse / mice is in the hole.

The pencil / pencils is short . I have an apple / apples.

He is a child /children. We are a fireman /firemen.

The men / man is in the park. I see two box / boxes.

His tooth / teeth are yellow.

Write the singular of these nouns

plural singular plural singular

bells pens
clocks deer
days sheep
kitchens geese
rooms fish
tables mice
pictures lice
boxes women
sandwiches people
ants children
churches man
boxes feet
houses teeth
keys boxes

Write the plural of these foreign nouns Stimulus ………………………

Antenna ……………………… Alumnus ………………………

Formula ………………………

Analysis ………………………

Axis ………………………

Basis ………………………

Crisis ………………………

Diagnosis ………………………

Emphasis ………………………

Medium ………………………

Curriculum ………………………

Exercises Plural Nouns MIX 4/5

Write the plurals and numbers

a boy 2 a bike 6
a city 3 a story 2
a girl 4 a day 8
a box 5 A beach 7
a dress 3 A brush 9
a bench 9 A desk 3
A snake 2 A body 3
A pen 3 A key 5
A glass 5 A chair 8
A cherry 8 A lady 5
A monkey 9 A duck 2
A door 6 A wish 3
A tree 2 A witch 4
A way 4 An auto 8
A pencil 2 A peach 9
A baby 6 A table 7
A dish 7 A robot 4
A fox 3 A toy 5
A potato 9 A hero 3
A tomato 2 An echo 9
A robot 6 A berry 2
A table 4 A toy 3
A bus 5 A knife 6
A cliff 2 A kiss 4
A casino 3 A tornado 5
An avocado 4 A deer 6
A piano 8 A mouse 8
A stereo 9 A child 3
A zero 7 A person 5
A teeth 6 An antenna 8
A fish 4 A sheep 9
A criterion 5 A phenomenon 6
A mosquito 6 A photograph 2
A crisis 8 A woman 4
An axis 3 A wife 2
A formula 9 A goose 8
A foot 5 A cliff 5
An ox 2 A roof 2
this 4 A giraffe 6
that 8 A monkey 7
An hypothesis 9 A chimney 3
A zero 5 A witch 9
A scenario 5 A wish 8
A volcano 6 A room 9
A kiss 4 A brother-in-law 7
A watch 6 A sister-in-law 3
A cup 2 Kennedy 5
A window 8 Brandy 5
A door 9 July (month) 6
A table 7 A scarf 4
A chair 3 A thief 8
An armchair 6 A wolf 9
A book 8 A play 7
A peach 9 A fly 6

Exercises Plural y-ie / f-ves / foreign words 5/9

A tax 7 A thief 4
An index 2 A lorry 5
A boy 6 A city 6
A spy 4 A leaf 8
A way 5 self
A butterfly 3 yourself
A knife 6 policeman 6
A shelf 2 fireman 2
A life 3 A country 8
A city 5 A dog 9
A fox 4 A van 7
A baby 8 A lorry 6
A wife 9 A cherry 4
A man 5 A joy 5
A child 5 An avocado 8
A louse 6 An umbrella 9
A foot 6 A uniform 7
A veto 7 A television 6
A kilo 3 A criterion 4
A memo 9 An ox 5
A tango 8 A phenomenon 6
A tattoo 9 A hypothesis 8
A zoo 7 A shelf 3
A fish 3 A roof 9
An antenna 5 A tooth 5
A formula 5 A foot 2
An analysis 6 A mouse 4
An axis 4 A potato 8
A crisis 8 A tomato 9
A pen 9 A way 5
A truck 7 A watch 5

Write the plural of the following nouns

singular plural singular plural

a dish a door
a mix a pencil
a brush a friend
a box a pen
a class a dog
a kiss a cup
a bus a house
a fox a finger
a brush a sandwich
a dog a dress
a bug a class
a cat a bench
an ant a boss
an umbrella a leash
a pen a princess
a tree a wish

Exercises Plural y-ie / f-ves / foreign words 6/9

 What is correct? Correct the words and write the right forms

loafes ……………………… shelfs ………………………

calves ……………………… wolfs ………………………

knives ……………………… knifes ………………………

halfs ……………………… beliefs ………………………

thiefs ……………………… wolves ………………………

rooves ……………………… surfs ………………………

clives ……………………… chiefs ………………………

lives ……………………… yourselfs ………………………

wifes ……………………… lives ………………………

leaves ……………………… shelfs ………………………

Write the plural of he following nouns

singular plural singular plural

activity alley
baby attorney
berry -bobula birthday
bully – sikan, nasilnik boy
bunny chimney
canary delay
daisy donkey
duty essay
enemy joy
fly key
lady monkey
library play
lorry survey
nappy toy
penny tray
pony turkey
poppy valley
secretary victory
mouse way
spy battery
story
study
supply
theory

Exercises Plural y-ie / f-ves / foreign words 7/9

Fill in the missing words in the following grid

singular plural singular plural

leaf cliff
half roof
self belief
life chief
thief surf
scarf giraffe
calf safe
knife
loaf
shelf
wolf

Write the SINGULARS of these plurals

plural singular plural singular

lives beliefs
selves roofs
wolves thieves
loaves cliffs
scarves selves
shelves chiefs
wives giraffes
elves surfs

write the correct plurals

radio ……………………

tomato ……………………

potato ……………………

photo ……………………

zero ……………………

piano ……………………

video ……………………

deer ……………………

auto ……………………

ship ……………………

hero ……………………

Exercises Plural y-ie / f-ves / foreign words 8/9

 Collective nouns_Exercices

Find and underline the collective nouns in the sentences.

1. The jury took a long time to reach a verdict. Jury / time / verdict
2. The army was on the march for several days. March / army / days
3. The audience rose and applauded the performance. Performance / audience
4. The band played five numbers before they took a break. Break/ numbers / band
5. The team played hard, but they just couldn’t score a goal. Goal / team
6. A majority of the students in Ms. Baker’s class got on the honor list. Students / majority / class
7. The cast had a party after the show was over. Party cast / show
8. A company laid off a lot of workers, including my dad. Dad/ company / workers
9. That gang wants Josh to join, but he doesn’t want to be a part of it. Gang / Josh / part
10. The school choir performed at the all-city talent show. Show / choir
11. Peter’s family is going to Disneyland this summer. Summer/ family
12. The whole school is attending a meeting with the principal. School / meeting/principal
13. The senate will be voting on the education bill tomorrow. Bill / senate
14. There will be two new teachers on the faculty next year. Year / faculty / teachers
15. The flock of sheep scattered when a wolf entered their pasture. Flock / sheep / pasture /

Fill in the correct form of the verbs (plural or singular).

1. This organization on a barbecue every summer. a) puts / b) put

2. The flute ensemble tuning instruments. a) is; its / b) are; their
3. The flute ensemble playing at the Kiwanis Music Festival. a) is / b) are
4. Martin's family................. on vacation in Haida Gwaii this summer. a) goes
5. The pack of dogs running off in different directions. a) was / b) were
6. Every fall, the English class book reports on summer reading. a) writes; its / b) write;
their

Choose the correct form of the verbs

1. The class ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, their vacations describes / describe

2. The whole class ........... at 3 pm meets / meet
3. The family ............... a trip to Alaska this summer takes / take
4. The chess club .................their strategies so as to win the tournament. compares/ compare
5. The audience ...................... the winner of the million dollars. cheers / cheer
6. The baseball team .................together every evening. practices / practice
7. The orchestra ................... my favorite music. performs / perform
8. The public .................. the baseball league. supports/ support
9. The troop ...................... in different directions. disappears / disappear
10. The crown ................ to their favorite places along the parade route. moves / move
11. The team ................. putting on their helmets. Is / are
12. The stage crew ..............completed the scenery. has / have
13. The orchestra .................. tuning up one by one. was / were
14. For weeks, the cast ...................rehearsing their lines with one another was / were

Exercises Plural y-ie / f-ves / foreign words 9/9