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Singular and Plural Nouns Worksheet with Answers

Free printable singular and plural nouns worksheet with answer key. All pluralisation rules including irregular and Latin plurals. Fresh sentences throughout. Class 4 to 9, O Level, IGCSE, Matric.

Free PDF Answer Key Included O Level • IGCSE • Matric Print Ready

💡 Plural Rules

Most nouns: add -s → cup → cups
Ending -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -z: add -es → bench → benches
Consonant + y: change y to -ies → library → libraries
Vowel + y: add -s → day → days
Ending -f/-fe: change to -ves → shelf → shelves • wolf → wolves
Irregular: man → men • goose → geese • tooth → teeth • foot → feet • ox → oxen
Same form: sheep • deer • fish • species • series
Latin / Greek: criterion → criteria • phenomenon → phenomena • analysis → analyses

AWrite the PluralTransformation

Write the correct plural of each noun. Apply the right rule.

1bench →

2library →

3wolf →

4goose →

5cactus →

6scarf →

7deer →

8criterion →

9analysis →

10phenomenon →

11trophy →

12ox →

BSpot and Fix the ErrorError Correction

Each sentence has one plural error. Underline the wrong word and write the correction.

1The wolfs howled all night in the dark forest. Correction:

2Three mouses were found in the storage room. Correction:

3The farmer led his two oxes slowly to the field. Correction:

4Scientists discovered several criterions for the new classification. Correction:

5She carried the loafs of bread from the kitchen to the table. Correction:

6The deers stood completely still at the edge of the clearing. Correction:

CFill the GapContextual Use

Complete each sentence using the correct form of the noun in brackets.

1The three gathered near the frozen lake. (goose)

2She arranged all the neatly on the top shelf. (trophy)

3Two rare of moth were discovered in the jungle. (species)

4The professor presented three of the ancient text. (analysis)

5There were fifty grazing peacefully by the stream. (sheep)

6He pulled his warm out of the bag and wrapped them around his neck. (scarf)

7The team used five to judge the entries in the competition. (criterion)

8Both had been aching since the long walk in the mountains. (foot)

DRewrite the SentenceO Level / Matric Style

Rewrite each sentence changing all nouns from singular to plural (or plural to singular). Make all necessary changes.

1The woman placed the scarf on the shelf beside the window.

2The geese flew over the rooftops and landed in the fields below. (change all to singular)

3List four nouns that have the same singular and plural form:

EProofread the PassageProofreading

This passage has five plural errors. Find each one, circle it, and write the correction at the bottom.

The two womans set up their research station at the base of the cliffs. On the shelfs beside them stood glass jars holding several different phenomenons of bioluminescence. Their equipments included microscopes, cameras and notebooks. They spent the afternoon photographing the wolfs that roamed the upper ridges.

1Error: → Correction:

2Error: → Correction:

3Error: → Correction:

4Error: → Correction:

5Error: → Correction:

✅ Answer Key - Singular and Plural Nouns

Section A

1.benches 2.libraries 3.wolves 4.geese 5.cacti / cactuses 6.scarves 7.deer 8.criteria 9.analyses 10.phenomena 11.trophies 12.oxen

Section B

1.wolves 2.mice 3.oxen 4.criteria 5.loaves 6.deer

Section C

1.geese 2.trophies 3.species 4.analyses 5.sheep 6.scarves 7.criteria 8.feet

Section D

1.The women placed the scarves on the shelves beside the windows.

2.The goose flew over the rooftop and landed in the field below.

3.sheep, deer, fish, species (accept any four)

Section E

1.womans → women

2.shelfs → shelves

3.phenomenons → phenomena

4.equipments → equipment(uncountable noun)

5.wolfs → wolves