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The plural of poppy is poppies.

Spelling: Plurals 2

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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.
Person

Persons

Person's

People

Both persons and people

Usually 'people' is used as the plural of 'person', but 'persons' is correct in some circumstances.

2 .

Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Mouse

Mouses

Mouse's

Mice

Mousies

Mouse - Mice is the same as Louse - Lice.

3 .

Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Ox

Oxen

Oxes

Ox's

Oxs

Ox - Oxen follows the same very old rule as Child - Children.

4 .

Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Piano

Pianoes

Pianoos

Piano's

Pianos

Not all words ending in 'o' add '-es'!

5 .

Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Wolf

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.

6 .

Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Hero

Heros

Heroes

Hero's

Heroe's

Most words ending in 'o' add '-es' for the plural.

7 .

Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Deer

Deers

Deerse

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.

8 .

Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Octopus

Octopuses

Octopi

Octopodes

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.

9 .

Look at the word, then choose its correct plural.
Woman