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Irregular plural nouns
1. The plural for the small cube marked on each side with one to six dots is:
Dice
Die
Dye
Dies
2. The plural for the tentacled sea creature with a beak, no skeleton, and reportedly a high degree of intelligence is:
Octopus
Octopi
Octopuses
Octopodes
3. Fill in the blank: I watch three television ______ every week.
series
series'
serieses
serii
4. If you and I both receive calls to appear before a court, we receive _________.
summons
summonss
summonses
summons'
5. For unpretentious writers, the conventional plural of
stadium
is:
Stadium
Stadii
Stadiums
Stadia
6. The graduates of a coed university are referred to collectively as:
Alumni
Alumnus
Alumna
Alumnae
7. A pair of male bovine draft animals would conventionally be referred to as:
Ox
Oxen
Oxes
Ox's
April 25, 2011
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