19 March 2010

Irregular Plurals List


Study these groups ( esp. the ones printed in PURPLE) of words to learn how they change to plural. Each group of words has similar changes.


SINGULARPLURAL
alumnus
alumni
cactuscacti
focusfoci/focuses
fungusfungi/funguses
nucleusnuclei
radiusradii
stimulusstimuli

IS -> ES

SINGULARPLURAL
axisaxes
analysisanalyses
basisbases
crisiscrises
diagnosisdiagnoses
ellipsisellipses
hypothesishypotheses
oasisoases
paralysisparalyses
parenthesisparentheses
synthesissyntheses
synopsissynopses
thesistheses

IX -> ICES

SINGULARPLURAL
appendixappendices
indexindeces/indexes
matrixmatrices/matrixes

EAU -> EAUX

SINGULARPLURAL
beaubeaux
bureaubureaus/bureaux
tableautableaux/tableaus

*** -> EN

SINGULARPLURAL
childchildren
manmen
oxoxen
womanwomen

*** -> A

SINGULARPLURAL
bacteriumbacteria
corpuscorpora
criterioncriteria
curriculumcurricula
datumdata
genusgenera
mediummedia
memorandummemoranda
phenomenonphenomena
stratumstrata

NO CHANGE

SINGULARPLURAL
deerdeer
fishfish
meansmeans
offspringoffspring
seriesseries
sheepsheep
speciesspecies

OO -> EE

SINGULARPLURAL
footfeet
goosegeese
toothteeth

A -> AE

SINGULARPLURAL
antennaantennae/antennas
formulaformulae/formulas
nebulanebulae
vertebravertebrae
vitavitae

OUSE -> ICE
SINGULARPLURAL
louselice
mousemice


Now do these exercises:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Singular or Plural in sentences
A Crossword Puzzle
And this exercise (advanced level) is for the Superstars only



Source:
a4esl.org
web2.uvcs
grammar.ccc
englisch-hilfen.de
odl.vwv.at
eslpartyland

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