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Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Spelling: Plurals 2 (Questions)

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This elementary school English spelling quiz takes a second look at plurals. Plurals denote more than one. Most plural nouns in English end in '-s' or '-es'. As you'll have seen in the first Plurals Quiz, sometimes the spelling of the noun changes slightly before adding the ending - 'poppy' becomes 'poppies'.

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1. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Woman
[ ] Wemmin
[ ] Womans
[ ] Women
[ ] Wimmin
2. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Ox
[ ] Oxen
[ ] Oxes
[ ] Ox's
[ ] Oxs
3. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Mouse
[ ] Mouses
[ ] Mouse's
[ ] Mice
[ ] Mousies
4. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Person
[ ] Persons
[ ] Person's
[ ] People
[ ] Both persons and people
5. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Hero
[ ] Heros
[ ] Heroes
[ ] Hero's
[ ] Heroe's
6. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Piano
[ ] Pianoes
[ ] Pianoos
[ ] Piano's
[ ] Pianos
7. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Wolf
[ ] Wolves
[ ] Wolfs
[ ] Wolfes
[ ] Wolve's
8. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Deer
[ ] Deers
[ ] Deerse
[ ] Deer
[ ] Deeres
9. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Goose
[ ] Goos'e
[ ] Geese
[ ] Geece
[ ] Gooses
10. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Octopus
[ ] Octopuses
[ ] Octopi
[ ] Octopodes
[ ] Both octopuses and octopodes
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Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Spelling: Plurals 2 (Answers)
1. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Woman
[ ] Wemmin
[ ] Womans
[x] Women
[ ] Wimmin
The plural of 'man' is 'men' - the plural of 'woman' is 'women'.
2. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Ox
[x] Oxen
[ ] Oxes
[ ] Ox's
[ ] Oxs
Ox - Oxen follows the same very old rule as Child - Children.
3. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Mouse
[ ] Mouses
[ ] Mouse's
[x] Mice
[ ] Mousies
Mouse - Mice is the same as Louse - Lice.
4. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Person
[ ] Persons
[ ] Person's
[ ] People
[x] Both persons and people
Usually 'people' is used as the plural of 'person', but 'persons' is correct in some circumstances.
5. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Hero
[ ] Heros
[x] Heroes
[ ] Hero's
[ ] Heroe's
Most words ending in 'o' add '-es' for the plural.
6. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Piano
[ ] Pianoes
[ ] Pianoos
[ ] Piano's
[x] Pianos
Not all words ending in 'o' add '-es'!
7. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Wolf
[x] Wolves
[ ] Wolfs
[ ] Wolfes
[ ] Wolve's
Many words ending in 'f' or 'fe' change the 'f' to a 'v' before adding the '-s' or '-es'. The words 'loaf', 'wife', 'shelf' and 'scarf' follow this irregular rule.
8. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Deer
[ ] Deers
[ ] Deerse
[x] Deer
[ ] Deeres
'Deer', like 'sheep' and 'salmon', is the same whether it is singular or plural - there is one deer in the park, but many deer in the woods.
9. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Goose
[ ] Goos'e
[x] Geese
[ ] Geece
[ ] Gooses
Goose becomes geese, but moose doesn't become meese!
10. Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Octopus
[ ] Octopuses
[ ] Octopi
[ ] Octopodes
[x] Both octopuses and octopodes
Octopuses has the English ending and 'octopodes' has a Greek ending. The plural form octopi, formed according to rules for some Latin plurals, is incorrect.