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title: Plurals that make no sense: mice, sheep and geese — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 10 «Plurals that make no sense: mice, sheep and geese» of the language 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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# Plurals that make no sense: mice, sheep and geese

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The 15 questions of lesson 10 «Plurals that make no sense: mice, sheep and geese» of the language 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/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t1/) — Your mate goes "it's one die, two dice, so one mice, two mouse, easy." What's right? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t2/) — A Geordie nan says "Get the bairns their tea, pet." ("Pet" is a friendly word like love; "tea" here is the evening meal.) Who gets fed? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t3/) — Your little brother insists "two gooses" is fine because "two mongooses" is. What's true? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t4/) — What would happen if every English plural just added -s? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t5/) — A Gen Z shop sign says "Fresh bagel's, they slay." ("Slay" means are amazing.) What's the fix? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t6/) — In a cartoon, a fisherman shouts "I caught five fishes!" holding five cod. What's the normal way to say it? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t7/) — Your cousin says octopi is the "real Latin" plural. What's the catch? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t8/) — A Glaswegian dad says "Two weans and a dug, that's me." ("Dug" is dog in Scots.) How many children? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t9/) — Your sister writes "There are three deers in the park." Fix it. — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t10/) — Mouse, mice. A louse is a tiny insect that can live in hair. Using the same old pattern, what is its plural? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/t11/) — A puzzle: in a made-up language the plural of "pod" is "peed" and of "tok" is "teek". What is the plural of "lob"? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the plural "mice"? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which the plural of "mongoose" is not "mongeese". — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/e3/) — Ascertain the correctly punctuated notice. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the plural "children". — wrong ✗ · exam

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