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D. Correct the plurals.

1. tooths 2. taxves

3. currys 4. salmons

5. frys 6. scissor

7. campusves 8. bakerys

9. oxes 10. scarfs

11. journeies 12. gooses

13. mouses 14. persons

15. specie 16. essaies

E. Correct the errors and rewrite the sentences in your notebook.

1. I am going to buy some new furnitures.

2. Ask your parents’ advices.

3. Sheeps are grazing in the fields.

4. I saw it on the newes.

5. They had good weathers on their trip.

6. We won the match by an inning.

7. She is suffering from measle.

8. He denied all knowledges about the incident.

9. TV is a means of communications.

10. I’ll not comment until I have collected all the informations about the case.

Compound Nouns

A compound noun is a noun made of two or more words. For example,
• bedroom (one word)
• bus stop (two words)
• son-in-law (hyphenated)
To form plurals of compound words,

♦ add s to the principal word. For example,

• mother-in-law—mothers-in-law

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