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There are some nouns that do not follow any rules.

                     For example,


                                          Singular                       Plural

                                           woman                         women


                                             child                      children

                                               ox                         oxen


                                              foot                         feet

                                             tooth                        teeth

                                            mouse                          mice


                                             man                           men



             Some nouns are the same in both singular and plural forms.

                                                                                                   Note
                                        Singular                       Plural                      If there are

                                            fish                         fish                      many kinds of


                                           sheep                        sheep                      fish or fruit,
                                                                                                   then we say
                                            deer                         deer                      fishes and

                                            fruit                        fruit                     fruits.




             D.  In this word grid, find ten nouns that do not follow any rules. The
                  first letters are in colour.



                               C       R      O       S       I     M        I      C      E       P
                               H       C      N       H       J      T      E       E      T      H

                                I      F      B       E      G       T      Y      U        I      P

                               L       E      E       E      T      M       O      O       S      E
                               D       E      T       P      K       K      O      X       E      N

                               R       T       I      O      P      G       E       E      S      E

                               E       U      L       I      C       E      O       P      E      R
                               N       A      D       L      O      W       O      M       E      N


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