This Grade 2 worksheet explores two special plural groups: zero plurals like fish, deer, sheep, moose, elk, and trout, and foreign-origin plurals like cacti, octopi, and fungi. Grade 2 students complete nine fill-in sentences and match four singular words to their plurals. Friendly hints and rule-based explanations help learners remember that some plurals stay the same while others come from Latin and change -us to -i.
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Singular & Plural Nouns
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. One deer drinks water; a herd of deer drink together.
2. One fish swims fast; ten fish swim faster.
3. One sheep says baa; many sheep say baa.
4. One moose wandered by; two moose stood by the lake.
5. One cactus in the pot; three tall cacti in the yard.
6. One octopus hid; two octopi swam by.
7. One elk walks quietly; a group of elk walks quietly.
8. One trout in the pond; six trout in the pond.
9. One fungus grows; a cluster of fungi grows on the log.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
fish
→ fish
fish
deer
→ deer
deer
cactus
→ cacti
cacti
octopus
→ octopi
octopi
Singular & Plural Nouns
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) One deer drinks water; a herd of deer drink together.
2) One fish swims fast; ten fish swim faster.
3) One sheep says baa; many sheep say baa.
4) One moose wandered by; two moose stood by the lake.
5) One cactus in the pot; three tall cacti in the yard.
6) One octopus hid; two octopi swam by.
7) One elk walks quietly; a group of elk walks quietly.
8) One trout in the pond; six trout in the pond.
9) One fungus grows; a cluster of fungi grows on the log.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
fish
→ fish
fish
deer
→ deer
deer
cactus
→ cacti
cacti
octopus
→ octopi
octopi
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