Singular and Plural Exercises

singular and plural exercises

Get some practice with singular and plural words with these exercises. Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

This blog post covers singular and plural exercises and quizzes to help you learn and practice this important grammar concept.

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Quiz: Singular and Plural Nouns

Question 1: Give plural form of: ‘photo’.

(A) photoes

(B) photum

(C) photos

(D) photoess

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(C) photos

Question 2: Give the plural form of ‘Leaf’.

(A) leaves

(B) leaf

(C) leafes

(D) leafs

View Answer
(A) leaves

Question 3: Identify the noun used both for singular and plural form.

(A) Sheep

(B) Wolf

(C) Axis

(D) Goat

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(A) Sheep

Question 4: Given the plural word ‘Brethren’. Identify its singular word from among the alternatives.

(A) Brother

(B) Breath

(C) Bear

(D) Berth

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(A) Brother

Question 5: Identify the plural form which is incorrect.

(A) Commanders-in-chief

(B) Mice

(C) Son-in-laws

(D) Men

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(C) Son-in-laws

Question 6: Identify the incorrect plural forms among the following.

(A) Steps-daughter

(B) Daughters-in-low

(C) Potatoes

(D) Calves

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(A) Steps-daughter

Question 7: If ‘Lives’ is plural form of noun, then what is its singular form?

(A) Live

(B) Life

(C) Lively

(D) None of the above

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(B) Life 

Question 8: Change the following singular noun into its correct plural form. ‘Sheaf’

(A) Sheaves

(B) Sheafs

(C) Sheef

(D) Sheafes

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(A) Sheaves

Question 9: Some nouns have the singular and the plural alike and some nouns are used only in the plural. Find the odd one out on the basis foregoing statements.

(A) Series

(B) Species

(C) Sheep

(D) Scissors

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(A) Series

Question 10: Find the odd one out on the basis of singular and plural.

(A) Measles

(B) Mumps

(C) Rickets

(D) Spectacles

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(D) Spectacles

Question 11: Choose the correct plural of the word: ‘ Half ‘

(A) Halves

(B) Halven

(C) Halfs

(D) None of there

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(A) Halves

Question 12: Choose the plural of the word given below:

”Mouse”

(A) Mice

(B) Mouses

(C) Mousess

(D) None of these

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(A) Mice

Question 13: Which word is wrong for plural number?

(A) Knives

(B) Babies

(C) Foxes

(D) Leafs

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(D) Leafs

Question 14: Give plural form of ‘Man-servant’- ‘Man-servant’

(A) Man-servants

(B) Men-servant

(C) Men-servants

(D) Mens-servants

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(C) Men-servants

Question 15: Give plural form of ” Brother-in-law “

(A) brother-in-laws

(B) brothers-in-law

(C) brother-in-law

(D) None

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(B) brothers-in-law

Question 16: Give plural form of : ‘ratio’

(A) ratios

(B) ratioes

(C) raties

(D) rateos

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(A) ratios

Question 17: Give the Plural form of: ‘terminus’

(A) termineses

(B) terminus

(C) termini

(D) terminess

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(C) termini

Question 18: Give plural form of: ‘index’ (sign in algebra):

(A) indices

(B) indexese

(C) indesis

(D) Indexis

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(A) indices

Question 19: Give plural form of : ‘Grief’

(A) Griefs

(B) Grieves

(C) Griefes

(D) Grief

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(A) Griefs

Question 20: Could you bring me ________ books I left in the Hostel?

(A) those

(B) that

(C) this

(D) these

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(A) those

Question 21: Give plural form of: ‘fish’.

(A) fishs

(B) fish

(C) fisheries

(D) fishes

View Answer
(B) fish

Question 22: The plural noun of ‘Deer’ is ________ .

(A) Deers

(B) Deeres

(C) Deer

(D) Dear

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(C) Deer

Question 23: Find out the correct plural word of ‘Knife’

(A) Knife

(B) Knifes

(C) Knives

(D) Knifess

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(C) Knives

Question 24: Give plural form of : ‘alga’

(A) algas

(B) algaies

(C) algae

(D) alga

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(C) algae

Question 25: Give plural form of : ‘corpus’

(A) corpuses

(B) corpusses

(C) corpora

(D) corpus

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(C) corpora

Question 26: Give plural form of : ‘datum’

(A) datums

(B) date

(C) datas

(D) data

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(D) data

Question 27: Give plural form of : ‘Hypothesis’

(A) Hypotheses

(B) Hypothisis

(C) Hypothysis

(D) Hypothises

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(A) Hypotheses

Question 28: What is the plural of the word ‘Alumnus’?

(A) Alumnae

(B) Alumnas

(C) Alumnis

(D) Alumni

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(D) Alumni

Question 29: What is the plural of the word ‘formula’?

(A) formuli

(B) formulass

(C) formulae

(D) formulies

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(C) formulae

Question 30: What is the plural of the word ‘Antenna’?

(A) Antenas

(B) Anteni

(C) Antennaes

(D) Antennae

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(D) Antennae

Question 31: Find out the correct plural of “Wife”.

(A) wife

(B) wifes

(C) wiffes

(D) wives

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(D) wives

Question 32: Find out the correct plural of ‘Calf’.

(A) calves

(B) cows

(C) calfes

(D) calf

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(A) calves

Question 33: Give plural form of : ‘vita’

(A) vitas

(B) vitae

(C) vitae

(D) vitaes

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(B) vitae

Question 34: Give plural form of : ‘tooth’

(A) tooths

(B) teeths

(C) toothes

(D) teeth

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(D) teeth

Question 35: Give plural form of : ‘tempo’

(A) tempoes

(B) tempu

(C) tempos

(D) tempi

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(D) tempi

Question 36: Give plural form of : ‘epoch’

(A) epoch

(B) epochi

(C) epochs

(D) epoches

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(C) epochs

Question 37: Give plural form of : ‘cactus’

(A) cacti

(B) catusies

(C) catuses

(D) cactus

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(A) cacti

Question 38: Give plural form of : ‘auto’

(A) autoes

(B) auti

(C) autoess

(D) autos

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(D) autos

Question 39: Give plural form of ‘man servant’.

(A) Man-servants

(B) men-servant

(C) men- servants

(D) mens-servants

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(C) men- servants

Question 40: Singular form of ‘dies (stamps for coining)’ is ________ .

(A) dye

(B) dead

(C) die

(D) dai

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(C) die