PLURAL NOUNS

Name _____________________________________ Date ____/____/____ Score _____

I. Directions: Read the sentences. Write the correct plural form of each of the nouns
appearing inside the parentheses. Use a dictionary, if necessary.
1. One of the (branch) _________________ fell off the tree.
2. Please put the (book) ______________ on the table.
3. Folks back home sit on their (porch) _______________ and talk all night.
4. We will need a lot of (box) ______________ when we moved to Ohio.
5. Mother made two (loaf) _______________ of bread for the potluck dinner.
6. Some people spend all their (life) _____________ chasing after money.
7. Many families had to repair their (roof) ______________ after the storm.
8. We sampled the coffee at all the (caf) ______________ near our hotel.
9. As a child, I had to rake up all the (leaf) _________________ in the yard.
10. At camp we peeled the (potato) ________________ that we ate for dinner.
11. Two (woman) _________________ on my block know how to sew quilts.
II. Directions: Read each of the sentences below and underline the correct version of
the plural noun from the pair of nouns appearing inside the parentheses.
12. I asked the chef to put a lot of (tomatoes, tomatos) in my salad.
13. The ladies wrapped (scarfs, scarves) around their necks.
14. All the (babies, babys) in the nursery were crying.
15. The (knifes, knives) were too dull to cut and needed to be sharpened.
16. We watched the (monkeys, monkies) in the zoo.
17. Both of my (foots, feet) were hurting.
18. Rhealyn has many (louses, lice) on her head.
19. Snow White played with her seven (dwarfs, dwarves).
20. There many (funguses, fungi) that thrive on moist areas.