1. What is the plural form of “child”?
a) childs
b) children
c) childs’
d) children’
Answer: b) children Explanation: “Child” is an irregular noun, and its plural form is “children.” It does not follow the typical “add -s” rule.
2. Which of the following is the plural of “box”?
a) boxs
b) boxes
c) boxies
d) boxs’
Answer: b) boxes Explanation: For most nouns ending in -x, -s, or -z, the plural is formed by adding -es. Therefore, “box” becomes “boxes.”
3. Choose the plural form of “tooth”:
a) teeth
b) tooths
c) toothes
d) teet
Answer: a) teeth Explanation: “Tooth” is an irregular noun, and its plural form is “teeth.” This does not follow the typical pluralization rule
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4. What is the plural form of “mouse”?
a) mouses
b) mice
c) mouse
d) mices
Answer: b) mice Explanation: “Mouse” is another irregular noun. Its plural form is “mice,” not “mouses.”
5. Which one is the plural form of “knife”?
a) knifes
b) knives
c) knifees
d) knivess
Answer: b) knives Explanation: “Knife” is an irregular noun, and to form the plural, the “f” changes to “v” and -es is added, making it “knives.”
6. Choose the plural of “goose”:
a) gooses
b) geese
c) goose
d) geeses
Answer: b) geese Explanation: “Goose” is an irregular noun. Its plural form is “geese,” not “gooses.”
7. What is the plural form of “man”?
a) mans
b) men
c) manes
d) menes
Answer: b) men Explanation: “Man” is an irregular noun, and its plural form is “men.” The “a” changes to “e” in the plural form.
8. Which of these words is the plural of “cactus”?
a) cacti
b) cactuses
c) cactus
d) cactii
Answer: a) cacti Explanation: “Cactus” follows the Latin rule for forming the plural by changing -us to -i, resulting in “cacti.”
9. Choose the correct plural of “bus”:
a) busses
b) busies
c) buses
d) bus’
Answer: c) buses Explanation: For nouns ending in -s, -x, -z, or -sh, the plural is formed by adding -es. Therefore, the plural of “bus” is “buses.”
10. What is the plural of “lady”?
a) ladys
b) ladies
c) ladys’
d) ladie
Answer: b) ladies Explanation: “Lady” is a regular noun that forms its plural by adding -es, so it becomes “ladies.”
11. What is the plural form of “city”?
a) cities
b) citie
c) citys
d) cityes
Answer: a) cities Explanation: Nouns ending in -y preceded by a consonant form the plural by changing the -y to -ies, so “city” becomes “cities.”
12. Choose the correct plural of “child”:
a) childs
b) children
c) childes
d) childrens
Answer: b) children Explanation: “Child” is an irregular noun, and its plural form is “children,” which doesn’t follow the regular pluralization rules.
13. What is the plural of “foot”?
a) foots
b) feet
c) footes
d) feets
Answer: b) feet Explanation: “Foot” is an irregular noun. Its plural form is “feet,” not “foots.”
14. Which of these is the plural of “thesis”?
a) thesises
b) theses
c) thesii
d) thesises’
Answer: b) theses Explanation: “Thesis” is a Greek-origin noun, and its plural form is “theses,” not “thesises.”
15. Choose the plural of “leaf”:
a) leafs
b) leaves
c) leafes
d) leavs
Answer: b) leaves Explanation: “Leaf” is an irregular noun. The plural form is “leaves,” formed by changing the -f to -v and adding -es.
16. What is the plural form of “hero”?
a) heros
b) heroes
c) hero
d) heroes
Answer: b) heroes Explanation: “Hero” forms its plural by changing the -o to -es, making the plural form “heroes.”
17. Which of the following is the plural of “goose”?
a) gooses
b) geese
c) gooses’
d) geeses
Answer: b) geese Explanation: “Goose” is an irregular noun, and its plural form is “geese,” not “gooses.”
18. What is the plural of “foot”?
a) foots
b) feet
c) footes
d) feets
Answer: b) feet Explanation: “Foot” is an irregular noun, and its plural form is “feet.” The plural is formed by changing the vowel in the word.
19. Which of the following is the plural of “radius”?
a) radii
b) radius’
c) radiuses
d) radii’
Answer: a) radii Explanation: “Radius” is a Latin-origin noun, and the plural is formed by changing -us to -i, so the plural is “radii.”
20. Choose the plural of “analysis”:
a) analysises
b) analyzises
c) analyses
d) analysii
Answer: c) analyses Explanation: “Analysis” is a Greek-origin noun, and the plural is formed by changing -is to -es, making the plural form “analyses.”