Making a word plural seems like it should a simple rule of English. When you have more than one of something, add an "s" or "es" to the end of the word. One orange. Two oranges. But as we know, the English language can be a whole lot more complicated than that and things are not always so simple. Irregularities are bound to crop up. Two sheep. Three geese. Four moose. Sometimes there's a logical pattern behind pluralizing a noun and sometimes there is not.
Some irregular nouns take on the plural form by first changing the last letter of the word before adding "s." Words that end in "f" are a good example of this case. To make such a word plural, you change the "f" to "ve" and add an "s." One loaf. Many loaves. Some plural forms we just know. But others are trickier. Is it octopuses? Or octopi? Many fish or fishes?
This quiz will test you on some of the most confusing plurals that don't necessarily follow the regular rules. Can you get a perfect score?
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Can You Identify the Plural of These Tough Words? Quiz Questions
What is the plural of the word 'hero'?
heros
hero
heroes
What is the plural of the word 'memorandum'?
memoranda
memorandums
memorandues
What is the plural of the word 'mosquito'?
mosquitoes
mosquitios
mosquitos
What is the plural of the word 'octopus'?
octopus
octopuses
octopusos
What is the plural of the word 'potato'?
potatos
potatoes
potato
What is the plural of the word 'scarf'?
scarfes
scarf
scarves
What is the plural of the word 'tomato'?
tomatoes
tomatios
tomatos
What is the plural of the word 'torpedo'?
torpedous
torpedos
torpedoes
What is the plural of the word 'vertebra'?
vertebrae
vertebraes
vertebras
What is the plural of the word 'wife'?
wifea
wives
wifes
What is the plural of the word 'millennium'?
millenniums
millenniumos
millenniumes
What is the plural of the word 'alumnus'?
alumni
alumnus
alumnues
What is the plural of the word 'daisy'?
daisyes
daisies
daisys
What is the plural of the word 'activity'?
activitios
activities
activitys
What is the plural of the word 'bison'?
bison
bisones
bisons
What is the plural of the word 'penny'?
pennyes
pennys
pennies
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