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Plural Nouns Quiz

20 questions

5th - 5th Grade

English

Plural Nouns Quiz is a Grade 5 English worksheet that helps students spell singular nouns in their plural forms. It covers regular plurals such as friend to friends, spelling changes such as candy to candies and calf to calves, endings that take -es such as bush to bushes and lunch to lunches, and irregular or unchanged forms such as tooth to teeth and moose to moose. Students also work with nouns ending in -o, including piano and hero, and compound forms such as cupful. The 20-question assessment combines 10 multiple-choice items with 10 open-ended spelling prompts. This format lets students first recognize the correctly formed plural among distractors, then produce plural spellings independently. It is useful for Grade 5 grammar practice, review, homework, or a quick formative assessment of plural noun spelling. The worksheet is available as a free printable worksheet and includes a complete answer key for efficient checking.

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Plural Nouns Quiz

Total questions: 20

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?


CANDY

a)

candys

b)

candies

c)

candyies

d)

candy

2.

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?


PIANO

a)

pianos

b)

pianoes

c)

piano

d)

piannos

3.

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?


CALF

a)

calfs

b)

calfves

c)

calves

d)

calfes

4.

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?


TOOTH

a)

tooths

b)

toothes

c)

teeths

d)

teeth

5.

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?


FRIEND

a)

friends

b)

friend

c)

friendes

d)

friendses

6.

How do you correctly spell the plural form of SHELF?

4 lines
7.

How do you correctly spell the plural form of GROCERY ?

4 lines
8.

How do you correctly spell the plural form of OREO?

4 lines
9.

How do you correctly spell the plural form of BUSH?

4 lines
10.

How do you correctly spell the plural form of CUPFUL?

4 lines
11.

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?


VALLEY

a)

vallies

b)

valleyes

c)

valleys

d)

valleies

12.

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?


HERO

a)

heros

b)

heroses

c)

herros

d)

heroes

13.

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?


MOOSE

a)

mooses

b)

moose

c)

moosess

d)

mise

14.

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?


LUNCH

a)

lunches

b)

lunchs

c)

lunchess

d)

lunchses

15.

Which of the following is the correct way to change the following word from singular form to plural?


CITY

a)

cities

b)

citys

c)

cityses

d)

cityes

16.

How do you correctly spell the plural form of BABY ?

4 lines
17.

How do you correctly spell the plural form of FLY?

4 lines
18.

How do you correctly spell the plural form of FOX?

4 lines
19.

How do you correctly spell the plural form of FISH?

4 lines
20.

How do you correctly spell the plural form of BANANA?

4 lines
Answer Key

Plural Nouns Quiz

Total questions: 20

1.
b)

candies

2.
a)

pianos

3.
c)

calves

4.
d)

teeth

5.
a)

friends

6.
n/a
7.
n/a
8.
n/a
9.
n/a
10.
n/a
11.
c)

valleys

12.
d)

heroes

13.
b)

moose

14.
a)

lunches

15.
a)

cities

16.
n/a
17.
n/a
18.
n/a
19.
n/a
20.
n/a

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What does the Plural Nouns Quiz worksheet cover?

This Grade 5 English worksheet practices changing singular nouns into correctly spelled plurals, including -s, -es, y-to-ies, f-to-ves, irregular, and unchanged forms. Its 20 items combine 10 multiple-choice questions, where students identify the correct spelling from distractors, with 10 open-ended prompts that require them to produce plural forms independently.

How can I use this plural nouns worksheet to teach plural spelling rules?

Introduce the worksheet by sorting the nouns into patterns such as adding -s, changing y to -ies, adding -es, and using an irregular or unchanged form. Complete a few multiple-choice items together, asking students to explain why alternatives such as “candys,” “lunchs,” or “teeths” are incorrect, then assign the open-ended items so students apply the patterns without answer choices.

What mistakes should I watch for on the Plural Nouns Quiz?

Watch for students adding -s to every noun, producing forms such as “candys,” “calfs,” or “tooths,” instead of applying the required spelling change. Students may also confuse nouns that take -s with nouns that take -es, overlook y-to-ies changes in words such as city, or incorrectly regularize irregular and unchanged forms such as tooth and moose.

How do I assign and grade the Plural Nouns Quiz?

The Plural Nouns Quiz is available on Wayground as a printable PDF and as a digital quiz, and it includes a complete answer key for the multiple-choice and open-ended items. For printable submissions, you can scan student work with the Wayground for Teachers app to help grade the completed plural-noun responses.

How does the quiz assess students’ plural noun spelling?

The quiz moves from recognition to independent production: students select correctly spelled plurals in 10 multiple-choice items and write plural forms for 10 open-ended prompts. This combination helps you distinguish students who can identify a correct form, such as “heroes,” from students who can spell the form independently, such as “shelves” or “groceries.”

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