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Common Nouns - 4  Now you know that plural forms of nouns have -s, -es or -ies at the end. But the plurals of some nouns are formed differently. They are called irregular plurals. - Hindi (Second/Third Language) [हिंदी (दूसरी/तीसरी भाषा)]

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Common Nouns - 4 

Now you know that plural forms of nouns have -s, -es or -ies at the end. But the plurals of some nouns are formed differently. They are called irregular plurals. Look at the following forms -

  • child - children 
  • man - men 
  • woman - women 
  • mouse - mice 
  • foot - feet 
  • leaf - leaves 

Collect examples of regular and irregular plurals. (At least 20 each). 

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Regular Plurals (by adding -s, -es, or -ies)

  1. Book - Books
  2. Car - Cars
  3. House - Houses
  4. Table - Tables
  5. Chair - Chairs
  6. Pen - Pens
  7. Bag - Bags
  8. Teacher - Teachers
  9. Apple - Apples
  10. Ball - Balls
  11. Boy - Boys
  12. Girl - Girls
  13. Window - Windows
  14. Flower - Flowers
  15. Door - Doors
  16. Tree - Trees
  17. River - Rivers
  18. Cloud - Clouds
  19. Bottle - Bottles
  20. Computer - Computers

Irregular Plurals (formed differently, without simply adding -s/-es)

  1. Child - Children
  2. Man - Men
  3. Woman - Women
  4. Mouse - Mice
  5. Foot - Feet
  6. Leaf - Leaves
  7. Goose - Geese
  8. Tooth - Teeth
  9. Ox - Oxen
  10. Person - People
  11. Louse - Lice
  12. Cactus - Cacti
  13. Fungus - Fungi
  14. Nucleus - Nuclei
  15. Radius - Radii
  16. Crisis - Crises
  17. Thesis - Theses
  18. Datum - Data
  19. Phenomenon - Phenomena
  20. Sheep - Sheep (same singular and plural)
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