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Dice or Die?

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Dice or Die game quiz
"When you talk about one thing, you use a singular. When you talk about several things, you use a plural. Some plurals aren't quite as obvious as they might appear to be. Let's have a look at some."

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1. For words that end in -x, you can't just put an 's' on the end to get the plural. You need to add -es to the end. What would the plural of box be?
    Answer: (One Word)


2. If you have a word ending in -y, and the letter before that is a vowel, you simply add an 's' to the end. So, what would the plural of monkey be?
    Answer: (One Word)


3. There are a few animals which don't have any changes or additions at all when finding their plural, like deer and fish. Is sheep the plural of sheep?
    Yes
    No


4. If a word ends in -um, then sometimes it can be made into a plural by simply replacing the -um with -a. What would the plural of medium be?
    Answer: (One Word)


5. If a word ends with 'y', and there is a consonant before the 'y', then the 'y' is changed to an 'i' and -es is added on for the plural. So now that you know, which of these is not correct?
    cherry / cherries
    baby / babies
    lady / ladys
    canary / canaries


6. Let's look at the word fungus. If we want to make it a plural, we change the -us to -i, giving us fungi. Now, what would the plural of cactus be, if we followed this rule?
    Answer: (One Word)


7. Some words that end in -f or -fe can change to end in -ves when we look for the plural. Take knife, for instance. It ends in -fe, so we take that off and replace it with -ves, to get knives. What would the plural of leaf be?
    Answer: (One Word)


8. Now that you know the basics, it's time to let you work some plurals out by yourself.

What is the plural of gallery?
    galleryies
    gallerys
    galleries
    gallery's


9. What is the plural of boy?
    boies
    boyies
    boys
    boy's


10. What is the plural of millennium?
    millennia
    millennium's
    millenniumas
    millenniuma


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