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More Singular and Plural Nouns Most plural nouns are formed by adding -s. Some plurals are formed by adding -es. Some plurals have spelling changes but do not add -s or -es. Other plurals do not change from their singular forms.
Write the plural form of each noun. Use a dictionary to check your answers.
1. knife
6. brother-in-law
2. video
7. passerby
3. hero
8. sandbox
4. potato
9. tomato
5. belief
10. cliff
Underline each singular noun once. Underline each plural noun twice.
11. My father’s reasons for planting a garden are a mystery to us. 12. Every winter, he sits with seed catalogs piled by his chair. 13. He orders many different varieties of tomato plants, potatoes, and beans. 14. In the spring, the seeds and plants come in the mail. 15. After he plants them, he complains all evening about his back and his shoulders. 16. He spends long hours weeding the garden every weekend. 17. During harvest time, he picks bushels of red ripe tomatoes and succulent beans. 18. Then he eats tomato sandwiches, baked potatoes, and steamed beans at every meal!
19. I do not like
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20. I really enjoy
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21. In the fall, I like to see
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22. My favorite book is about
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23. Eventually I plan to
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24. When I was younger, I
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25. I want
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26. Some of my favorite foods are
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