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VERY PUZZLING PLURAL NOUNS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Three reasearch groups were asked to do separate ... of the problem and report their findings byFriday.

a)

analyses

b)

analysis

2.

Of all my ..., Maria is my favorite.

a)

sisters-in-law

b)

sister-in-law

c)

sister-in-laws

3.

This was the last of many ... that preceded the company's move to new quarters.

a)

crises

b)

crisis

4.

I counted more than forty ... in the Pentagon directory.

a)

lieutenant generals

b)

lieutenant generals

5.

There are multiple ... upon which our decision rests.

a)

bases

b)

basis

6.

She decided to collect all the available ... on the new products.

a)

data

b)

datum

7.

There were three ... notepads available for use by the conference participants.

a)

dozen

b)

dozens

8.

There were as many ... as there were people in the room.

a)

hypotheses

b)

hypotheses

9.

The ... in the computer software manual were more helpful than the manual itself.

a)

appendixes

b)

appendices

c)

appendix

10.

Smokeless powder, for which there are many ______, is used in modern ammunition.

a)

formula

b)

formulas

c)

formulae

11.

Mildew and mushrooms are ______.

a)

fungi

b)

fungus

c)

funguses

12.

Iron ______ have the largest binding energy per nucleon; hence neither fission nor fusion can release further energy.

a)

nucleus

b)

nuclei

13.

The ______ effectively execute the statements in a subshell.

a)

parentheses

b)

parenthesis

14.

The equatorial and polar radii have been measured by various means and correspond to some level above the cloud tops.

a)

radii

b)

radiuses

c)

radius

15.

But North's memoranda were also aspirations, plans, dreams and imaginings, as much as schedules of facts.

a)

memorandum

b)

memoranda

c)

memorandums