Please do ds1's homework for me - irregular plural nouns.

[marthamoo]

Ds1's weekend homework is to write 10 sentences using irregular plural nouns. Apart from mouse and mice all the ones I can think of off the top of my head are ones like larva, larvae; antenna, antennae, bacterium, bacteria; pupa, pupae. Now I'm scratching my head and coming up with house, hice.....

We can do the sentences - but rather than search on google I thought MNers might like the chance to exercise those little grey cells! Ds1 and I thank you in advance

Btw, ds1 will be reading this so no rude ones please!

[hoxtonchick]

err, is man & men too obvious?

[Gem13]

Sheep
Louse

[franke]

goose geese

[Beansmum]

knife, potato, cactus, wife

[Gem13]

Radius

[franke]

knife knives

[marthamoo]

That's ten. Ds1 is very impressed at the power of MN! Thanks muchly.

[Beansmum]

half, loaf, person

[twiglett]

Di Dice

[tarantula]

child children

[Beansmum]

oh, I didn't put the plurals in, I'm sure you can work it out!

[Gem13]

Neither did I but then it is his homework

[marthamoo]

Don't worry, - I'll only give him the singular nouns, he can work the rest out himself

[LIZS]

ditch , witch, pitch
tomato
foot

[PrettyCandles]

axis
stadium
datum
medium
focus

[LIZS]

pansy, daisy
box, fox
deer

[LIZS]

pottery
factory
dictionary
library

[MunchedTooManyMarsLady]

family
baby

[charleypops]

can I but in and quickly ask about "roof", I'm sure I was taught the plural was "rooves" but always read "roofs" in the yellow pages etc.

Am I stupid?

Sorry for butting in, I've been dying to know for years

x

[charleypops]

Butt in

[marthamoo]

It's roofs. But I don't know why!

[WigWamBam]

Roofs. According to my dictionaries, anyway.

[WigWamBam]

agenda/agendum
appendix/appendices
index/indices
ox/oxen
leaf/leaves

[iota]

hoof and hooves

[iota]

loaf and loaves