Forming Plural Nouns in English - Part 1B - Sibilant Sounds and Words Ending in "O"

Question

This challenge goes along with the information in this reference article.

1. Matching:

_____ 1. If a word ends in “o” and is preceded by a consonant add -----.	a. musical
_____ 2. What is the plural of deer? -----	b. “s”
_____ 3. When the plural ending is not clear, what can be used to determine the spelling? -----	c. “es”
_____ 4. If a word ends in “o” and is preceded by a vowel add -----.	d. yes
_____ 5. The majority of nouns add ----- to form the plural.	e. deer
_____ 6. ----- (yes, no) A word ending in “z” has a sibilant sound?	f. “es”
_____ 7. All ----- terms ending in “o” form the plural by adding “s”.	g. memorized
_____ 8. Nouns that end in a sibilant (hissing) sound, add -----.	h. “s”
_____ 9. Some words ending in "o" do not follow the consonant/vowel rule and need to be -----.	i. the dictionary

2. Fill in the Blank #1:
From this Reference Article write two English nouns that do not follow the consonant rule and need to be memorized. ----- -----

3. Fill in the Blank #2:
From this Reference Article write two English nouns that are the same in both singular and plural form and and need to be memorized. ----- -----

4. Form the plural noun for each of the following words and indicate the reason why (please use the letters a-h).
a. simply add ¨s¨
b. has a sibilant sound, add ¨es¨
c. ends in ¨o¨, preceded by vowel, add ¨s¨
d. ends in ¨o¨, preceded by consonant, add ¨es¨
e. needs memorization
f. proper nouns ending in ¨o¨ and beginning with a capital, add ¨s¨
g. "s" or "es" can be added to nouns ending in "o"
h. musical terms ending in "o", add "s"

Noun	Plural Noun - "s" or "es"	Reason why
albino
Alvarado
ax
bush
buzz
calico
canto
cargo
cat
church
cello
class
domino
flower
fork
fox
gas
glass
halo
hero
hex
kilo
lamp
lasso
mantis
memento
memo
moss
motto
patio
pen
potato
radio
rodeo
ski
snake
stereo
tomato
veto
video
wish
witch

Answer 1

1. Matching:

1-f (o 1-c)

2-e

3-i

4-h (o 4-b)

5-b (o 5-h)

6-d

7-a

8-c (o 8-f)

9-g

2. Fill in the Blank #1:

kimonos, photos

3. Fill in the Blank #2:

aircraft, sheep

4. Form the plural noun for each of the following words and indicate the reason why (please use the letters a-h)

a. simply add ¨s¨
b. has a sibilant sound, add ¨es¨
c. ends in ¨o¨, preceded by vowel, add ¨s¨
d. ends in ¨o¨, preceded by consonant, add ¨es¨
e. needs memorization
f. proper nouns ending in ¨o¨ and beginning with a capital, add ¨s¨
g. "s" or "es" can be added to nouns ending in "o"
h. musical terms ending in "o", add "s"

Noun	Plural Noun - "s" or "es"	Reason why
albino	s	e
Alvarado	s	f
ax	es	b
bush	es	b
buzz	es	b
calico	s; es	g
canto	s	h
cargo	s; es	g
cat	s	a
church	es	b
cello	s	h
class	es	b
domino	s; es	g
flower	s	a
fork	fork forks -- Ex. Mom asked her son to put the forks on the table.	e a/simply add ¨s¨
fox	es	b
gas	gases; gasses	b
glass	es	b
halo	s; es	g
hero	es	d
hex	es	b
kilo	s	e
lamp	s	a
lasso	s; es	g
mantis	mantises; mantes	b; e
memento	es	d (the first choice is mementos)
memo	s	e
moss	es	b
motto	s; es	g
patio	s	c
pen	s	a
potato	es	d
radio	s	c
rodeo	s	c
ski	s	a
snake	s	a
stereo	s	c
tomato	es	d
veto	es	d
video	s	c
wish	es	b
witch	es	b

Unless you've previously studied this out, this does take some thinking doesn't it! I hope you've enjoyed learning deeper English and that this was helpful. "Fork and memento" are the ones you might review again! Excelente y bien hecho! - bandit51jd, Sep 30, 2012

Quisiera darte las gracias más significadas por la corrección y la palabra muy hermosa. Es verdad que confundí "memento" con "momento", jaja. Te agradezco mucho - Fidalgo, Sep 30, 2012