Plurals Practice Worksheet

Circle the right plural spelling: foxes, babies, leaves, children.

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Made at homeroomtools.comRead each sentence. Circle the word that fits.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.Circle the right pluralone garden, twogardenesgardensone wagon, twowagoneswagonsone lunch, twoluncheslunchsone story, twostoryesstoriesstorysone sky, twoskiesskysskyesone key, twokeyskeyeskeiesone donkey, twodonkeyesdonkeiesdonkeysone ox, twooxenoxs
Made at homeroomtools.comRead each sentence. Circle the word that fits.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.Circle the right pluralAnswer keyone garden, twogardenesgardensone wagon, twowagoneswagonsone lunch, twoluncheslunchsone story, twostoryesstoriesstorysone sky, twoskiesskysskyesone key, twokeyskeyeskeiesone donkey, twodonkeyesdonkeiesdonkeysone ox, twooxenoxsgardenswagonslunchesstoriesskieskeysdonkeysoxen
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Add s or es 55

  • one address, two ___ addresses
  • one beach, two ___ beaches
  • one bench, two ___ benches
  • one bird, two ___ birds
  • one book, two ___ books
  • one boss, two ___ bosses
  • one box, two ___ boxes
  • one branch, two ___ branches
  • one brush, two ___ brushes
  • one bush, two ___ bushes
  • one buzz, two ___ buzzes
  • one carrot, two ___ carrots
  • one class, two ___ classes
  • one cloud, two ___ clouds
  • one coat, two ___ coats
  • one couch, two ___ couches
  • one crash, two ___ crashes
  • one desk, two ___ desks
  • one dish, two ___ dishes
  • one dress, two ___ dresses
  • one farm, two ___ farms
  • one flash, two ___ flashes
  • one fox, two ___ foxes
  • one garden, two ___ gardens
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Add s or es, continued

  • one glass, two ___ glasses
  • one guess, two ___ guesses
  • one hero, two ___ heroes
  • one inch, two ___ inches
  • one jacket, two ___ jackets
  • one kangaroo, two ___ kangaroos
  • one kiss, two ___ kisses
  • one lens, two ___ lenses
  • one lunch, two ___ lunches
  • one match, two ___ matches
  • one peach, two ___ peaches
  • one pencil, two ___ pencils
  • one photo, two ___ photos
  • one piano, two ___ pianos
  • one porch, two ___ porches
  • one potato, two ___ potatoes
  • one rabbit, two ___ rabbits
  • one radio, two ___ radios
  • one river, two ___ rivers
  • one sandwich, two ___ sandwiches
  • one tax, two ___ taxes
  • one tomato, two ___ tomatoes
  • one torch, two ___ torches
  • one truck, two ___ trucks
  • one video, two ___ videos
  • one wagon, two ___ wagons
  • one walrus, two ___ walruses
  • one watch, two ___ watches
  • one window, two ___ windows
  • one wish, two ___ wishes
  • one zoo, two ___ zoos

Words ending in y 43

  • one baby, two ___ babies
  • one berry, two ___ berries
  • one body, two ___ bodies
  • one boy, two ___ boys
  • one bunny, two ___ bunnies
  • one butterfly, two ___ butterflies
  • one candy, two ___ candies
  • one cherry, two ___ cherries
  • one chimney, two ___ chimneys
  • one city, two ___ cities
  • one copy, two ___ copies
  • one country, two ___ countries
  • one daisy, two ___ daisies
  • one day, two ___ days
  • one diary, two ___ diaries
  • one donkey, two ___ donkeys
  • one enemy, two ___ enemies
  • one essay, two ___ essays
  • one factory, two ___ factories
  • one family, two ___ families
  • one fly, two ___ flies
  • one hobby, two ___ hobbies
  • one holiday, two ___ holidays
  • one jelly, two ___ jellies
  • one journey, two ___ journeys
  • one key, two ___ keys
  • one kitty, two ___ kitties
  • one lady, two ___ ladies
  • one library, two ___ libraries
  • one memory, two ___ memories
  • one monkey, two ___ monkeys
  • one party, two ___ parties
  • one pony, two ___ ponies
  • one puppy, two ___ puppies
  • one ray, two ___ rays
  • one sky, two ___ skies
  • one spy, two ___ spies
  • one story, two ___ stories
  • one strawberry, two ___ strawberries
  • one toy, two ___ toys
  • one tray, two ___ trays
  • one turkey, two ___ turkeys
  • one valley, two ___ valleys

Words ending in f 22

  • one belief, two ___ beliefs
  • one calf, two ___ calves
  • one chef, two ___ chefs
  • one chief, two ___ chiefs
  • one cliff, two ___ cliffs
  • one cuff, two ___ cuffs
  • one elf, two ___ elves
  • one giraffe, two ___ giraffes
  • one gulf, two ___ gulfs
  • one half, two ___ halves
  • one knife, two ___ knives
  • one leaf, two ___ leaves
  • one life, two ___ lives
  • one loaf, two ___ loaves
  • one proof, two ___ proofs
  • one reef, two ___ reefs
  • one roof, two ___ roofs
  • one safe, two ___ safes
  • one shelf, two ___ shelves
  • one thief, two ___ thieves
  • one wife, two ___ wives
  • one wolf, two ___ wolves

Irregular and no change 12

  • one aircraft, two ___ aircraft
  • one child, two ___ children
  • one goose, two ___ geese
  • one man, two ___ men
  • one moose, two ___ moose
  • one ox, two ___ oxen
  • one series, two ___ series
  • one sheep, two ___ sheep
  • one spacecraft, two ___ spacecraft
  • one species, two ___ species
  • one tooth, two ___ teeth
  • one woman, two ___ women

How this list was compiled: Written by hand for this page: nouns tagged by the rule their plural follows, each with one or two wrong spellings. Every plural was checked in the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English online, ldoceonline.com, on 2026-09-30: the entry prints this plural alone, or prints none because the noun takes a regular s or es. A noun with two plurals there (bus, scarf, bison) or with a second plural in everyday use (mouse, foot, fish) is left out. Licence: own work

How it works

Each sheet draws 8 of our 132 nouns. A line reads one fox, two ___, and the child circles the right spelling of two or three: foxes, not foxs.

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Four spelling rules under Set

Add s or es (55 nouns): trucks, but foxes, dishes and potatoes. Words ending in y (43): babies, but toys. Words ending in f (22): leaves and knives, but roofs and chefs. Irregular and no change (12): children, teeth and geese, and sheep, which stays the same.

Singular and plural noun worksheets

Every line starts from the singular noun (one child) and asks for the plural (two children), so these work as singular and plural worksheets for any of the four rules. Pick one rule to teach it, or All of them to review.

  • A noun such as bus or scarf, where two plural spellings are right, is left out.

Questions and answers

When do you add es to make a plural?

Add es when the noun ends in s, x, z, ch or sh: glasses, boxes, buzzes, benches, dishes. Some nouns ending in o take es too, such as potatoes and heroes, while pianos and photos take s.

What are irregular plural nouns?

Nouns that do not add s or es: child and children, man and men, tooth and teeth, goose and geese, ox and oxen. A few do not change at all, such as sheep, deer and moose.

What grade learns plural nouns?

The Common Core language standards ask second graders to form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns such as feet, children and teeth (L.2.1b), and third graders to form and use regular and irregular plural nouns (L.3.1b).

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