IRREGULAR PLURALS LIST

Study these groups of words to learn how they change to plural. Each group of words has similar changes.

US -> I SINGULAR alumnus cactus focus fungus nucleus radius stimulus IS -> ES SINGULAR axis analysis basis crisis diagnosis ellipsis hypothesis oasis paralysis parenthesis synthesis synopsis thesis IX -> ICES SINGULAR appendix index matrix PLURAL appendices indeces/indexes matrices/matrixes PLURAL axes analyses bases crises diagnoses ellipses hypotheses oases paralyses parentheses syntheses synopses theses PLURAL alumni cacti foci/focuses fungi/funguses nuclei radii stimuli

EAU -> EAUX

SINGULAR beau bureau tableau *** -> EN SINGULAR child man ox woman *** -> A SINGULAR bacterium corpus criterion curriculum datum genus medium memorandum phenomenon stratum NO CHANGE SINGULAR deer fish means offspring series sheep species OO -> EE SINGULAR foot goose tooth

PLURAL beaux bureaus/bureaux tableaux/tableaus

PLURAL children men oxen women

PLURAL bacteria corpora criteria curricula data genera media memoranda phenomena strata

PLURAL deer fish means offspring series sheep species

PLURAL feet geese teeth

A -> AE SINGULAR antenna formula nebula vertebra vita OUSE -> ICE SINGULAR louse mouse PLURAL lice mice PLURAL antennae/antennas formulae/formulas nebulae vertebrae vitae