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knife knives

leaf leaves

shelf shelves

wife wives

wolf wolves

Certain other nouns form their plural in completely irregular ways. Fortunately, the list is quite

brief:

child children

mouse mice

foot feet

person people (or persons)

goose geese

deer deer [no change!]

man men

woman women

tooth teeth

ox oxen

Write the plural form of the following words.

1. house 9. candy


2. wife 10. veto


3. ox 11. deer


4. fox 12. factory


5. tooth 13. leaf


6. mouse 14. university


7. fez 15. jury


8. person

Change each noun in the following sentences to the plural. Make any necessary changes to the verbs.

1. The boy is chasing the little mouse.

exercise 11-2

exercise 11-1

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