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Irregular Plural Nouns Worksheets and Exercises

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This article provides a collection of worksheets and exercises to help you recognize, remember, and use irregular plural nouns correctly. With activities like fill-in-the-blanks, error correction, matching exercises, and sentence rewriting, you’ll gain the confidence to use these tricky words in everyday communication.

Common Irregular Plural Nouns in English

Irregular plural nouns do not follow the normal rule of adding -s or -es to form the plural. Instead, the word changes form completely or remains the same.

Vocabulary IPA (US) Short Description
child → children /tʃaɪld/ → /ˈtʃɪldrən/ A young person before adulthood.
man → men /mæn/ → /mɛn/ An adult male human.
woman → women /ˈwʊmən/ → /ˈwɪmɪn/ An adult female human.
person → people /ˈpɝːsən/ → /ˈpipəl/ A human being.
tooth → teeth /tuːθ/ → /tiːθ/ Hard structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing.
foot → feet /fʊt/ → /fiːt/ The lower part of the leg used for standing and walking.
mouse → mice /maʊs/ → /maɪs/ A small rodent with a long tail.
goose → geese /ɡuːs/ → /ɡiːs/ A large water bird with a long neck.
ox → oxen /ɑːks/ → /ˈɑːksən/ A large farm animal used for pulling carts or plows.
fish → fish /fɪʃ/ A water animal with gills and fins. The plural is usually the same as the singular.

Irregular Plural Nouns Worksheets

Irregular plural nouns worksheet exercises for English learners page 1

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Irregular Plural Nouns Exercises

1. Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentences with the correct irregular plural form of the noun in brackets.

  1. There are many ___ (child) in the playground.
  2. The farmer keeps ten ___ (goose) on his farm.
  3. I saw three ___ (man) talking outside the shop.
  4. We put our ___ (tooth) under the pillow for the tooth fairy.
  5. The zoo has two ___ (mouse) in the cage.
  6. Her ___ (foot) were cold after walking in the snow.
  7. The ___ (woman) are waiting in the queue.
  8. Several ___ (ox) are pulling the cart.
  9. The baby smiled when he saw the ___ (person).
  10. The ___ (fish) are swimming in the pond.

2. Error Correction

Each sentence has a mistake. Rewrite it correctly.

  1. I saw three mans at the bus stop.
  2. The childrens are playing outside.
  3. She has two tooths missing.
  4. There are many womans in the room.
  5. The mouses are eating cheese.
  6. We bought some new furnitures.
  7. His foots hurt after running.
  8. The gooses are swimming in the lake.
  9. These peopels are my neighbors.
  10. The oxes are strong animals.

3. Matching Exercise

Match the singular noun in Column A with its irregular plural in Column B.

Column A (Singular) Column B (Plural)
child children
goose geese
man men
woman women
mouse mice
tooth teeth
foot feet
person people
ox oxen
fish fish

4. Rewrite the Sentence

Change the singular noun into its irregular plural form and rewrite the whole sentence.

  1. The child is playing in the garden.
  2. A man is standing near the car.
  3. She bought a new toothbrush.
  4. The woman is a teacher.
  5. A mouse ran across the floor.
  6. My left foot hurts.
  7. The ox is working in the field.
  8. One person is sitting on the bench.
  9. A goose is near the lake.
  10. The fish is swimming in the tank.

Answer Key

1. Fill in the Blank

  1. There are many children in the playground.
  2. The farmer keeps ten geese on his farm.
  3. I saw three men talking outside the shop.
  4. We put our teeth under the pillow for the tooth fairy.
  5. The zoo has two mice in the cage.
  6. Her feet were cold after walking in the snow.
  7. The women are waiting in the queue.
  8. Several oxen are pulling the cart.
  9. The baby smiled when he saw the people.
  10. The fish are swimming in the pond.

2. Error Correction

  1. I saw three men at the bus stop.
  2. The children are playing outside.
  3. She has two teeth missing.
  4. There are many women in the room.
  5. The mice are eating cheese.
  6. We bought some new furniture.
  7. His feet hurt after running.
  8. The geese are swimming in the lake.
  9. These people are my neighbors.
  10. The oxen are strong animals.

3. Matching Exercise

  • child → children
  • goose → geese
  • man → men
  • woman → women
  • mouse → mice
  • tooth → teeth
  • foot → feet
  • person → people
  • ox → oxen
  • fish → fish

4. Rewrite the Sentence

  1. The children are playing in the garden.
  2. Some men are standing near the car.
  3. She bought new toothbrushes.
  4. The women are teachers.
  5. Some mice ran across the floor.
  6. My feet hurt.
  7. The oxen are working in the field.
  8. Several people are sitting on the benches.
  9. The geese are near the lake.
  10. The fish are swimming in the tanks.

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