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title: Spelling plurals: -s, -es, -ies, -ves and odd ones — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 6 «Spelling plurals: -s, -es, -ies, -ves and odd ones» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Spelling plurals: -s, -es, -ies, -ves and odd ones

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The 16 questions of lesson 6 «Spelling plurals: -s, -es, -ies, -ves and odd ones» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 89 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/6-spelling-plurals/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t1/) — «mate, it's 'two fishes and three sheeps', sounds right innit». Put him right. — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t2/) — «baby changes to babies so day must change to dayies». What is the slip? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t3/) — A greengrocer's sign says «apple's 50p». What should it say? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t4/) — «every f word changes to ves, so it's rooves and cheves». What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t5/) — What would happen if we wrote «box» plural as «boxs»? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t6/) — In a cartoon, Gran says «two mouses ran past my two foots!». How should she say it? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t7/) — Zoe asks if «arvos» is a real plural. What is the best answer? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t8/) — «potatoes, tomatoes, so it's photoes and pianoes too, sound». What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t9/) — «is it one deer, two deers?» What is the plural? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t10/) — ★★★ How many of these plurals are spelled correctly: wolves, roofs, babies, foxs? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t11/) — ★★★ Which word has a plural that adds -es AND changes its last letter? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/t12/) — ★★★ «Two teeth, two feet, two geese.» What is the plural of «goose» and of «moose»? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/e1/) — Ascertain the correct plural form of a noun terminating in a consonant followed by the letter y. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which nouns terminating in s, x, z, ch or sh take the ending -es. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the use of the apostrophe in plural nouns. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the plural of «sheep»? — right ✓ · exam

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