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Target Level 4 – Bread and Butter Skills - Plurals

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Plurals – Unusual plurals

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Unusual plurals

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Unusual plurals

These words have kept the original plural form from Latin.

These animals all have unusual plurals.

For these words the singular is the same as the plural.

antenna antennaeformula formulaelarva larvae

goose geeselouse licemouse mice

deer deersheep sheep

The words below all have unusual plurals:

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Unusual plurals

crises

emphases

theses

cacti

nuclei

hippopotami or hippopotamuses

The words below have more unusual plurals:

crisis

emphasis

thesis

cactus

nucleus

hippopotamus

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Unusual plurals

What do you note about the words below? Clue: Think about the singular form.

scissors pyjamas knickers

trousers shorts trousers

binoculars tights jeans

They do not have a singular form.

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