Irregular Nouns List A noun in English grammar

Irregular Nouns List A noun, in English grammar, is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing, idea, or concept. There are more nouns in the English Language than any other kind of words. For more information and examples visit What is a Noun? It covers formation of plural nouns, common and proper nouns, concrete and abstract nouns, collective nouns, compound nouns, the functions of nouns in sentences and more.

Irregular Plurals of Nouns - Spelling Test Most of English nouns are very predictable ( regular ) in the spelling of the plural form - they have plurals formed according to regular rules. However, there are several nouns, which are irregular in their spelling. These nouns are exceptions when it comes to making them plural. When irregular nouns become plural, their spelling changes in a different way or it may not change at all from singular form. This Irregular Nouns Spelling Practice lists 106 nouns in group of 10. Type both singular and plural forms for the given irregular noun. If you make a mistake on a tested noun - you will need to spell it correctly twice before exercise is completed.

Note that some nouns can form Plurals in two ways. (example: antenna - antennas, antennae) Make sure to type your answer exactly as it is given in test preview. You may use [Custom] option from Test dropdown to select only those nouns you have most trouble spelling.

Irregular Nouns Aa 1. abided, abode abided 2. arise arose arisen 3. awake awoke, awaked awoken, awaked

Bb 1. babysit babysat 2. backbite backbitten 3. backfit, backfitted 4. backlight backlit 5. backslide backslid 6. be was backlit backslid, backslidden been

Cc 1. cast 2. catch caught 3. chided, chidden 4. choose chose 5. clad 6. clear-cut clad cast caught chosen clad

Dd 1. dealt 2. dig dug 3. dive dove, dived 4. do did 5. dogfight dogfought 6. draw drew drawn done

7. dreamed, dreamt 8. drink drank drunk 9. drive drove driven 10. dwell dwelt, dwelled

Ee 1. eat 2. enwind enwound ate eaten

Ff 1. fall fell fallen 2. feed fed 3. feel felt 4. fight fought 5. find found 6. fit, fitted felt

7. flash-freeze flash-frozen 8. flee fled 9. fling flung 10. fly flew flown 11. flyblow flyblew 12. forbear forbore fled flyblown forborne, forborn

Gg 1. gainsay gainsaid 2. get got 3. gilded, gilt 4. gird girt, girded 5. give gave given 6. go went gone 7. grind ground 8. grown grew gainsaid gotten

Hh 1. hagride hagrode hagridden 2. hamstring hamstrung 3. handwrite handwrote handwritten 4. hang hung 5. have had 6. heard 7. heaved, hove hung

8. hewed 9. hide hid 10. hit 11. hold 12. housebreak housebroken 13. housekeep housekept 14. house-sit house-sat held hewed, hewn hidden hit held

15. hunger-strike hunger-struck 16. hurt

Ii 1. inbreed 2. inlay inlaid 3. input 4. inset 5. interbreed interbred 6. intercut 7. interlay interlaid 8. interweave interwoven inbred inset

Jj 1. jerry-build jerry-built 2. joyride joyrode joyridden

Kk 1. keep kept 2. kneeled, knelt 3. knitted, knit 4. know knew kept known

Ll 1. lade 2. landslide landslid 3. lay laid 4. lead led 5. leapt, leaped 6. learned, learnt 7. leave left laded laden, laded left

8. lend lent 9. let 10. lie lay 11. light lit 12. lipread 13. lose lost lent let lain lit lost

Mm 1. make made 2. meant 3. meet met 4. misbecome misbecame misbecome 5. miscast 6. misdealt met

7. misdo misdid misdone 8. misfit 9. misgive misgave misgiven 10. misheard 11. mishit 12. misknow misknew misknown 13. mislay mislaid 14. mislead misled

15. misread 16. misspeak misspoken, misspoke 17. misspell misspelt misspelled, 18. misspend 19. mistake mistook 20. misthink misthought misspent mistaken misthought 21. misunderstand misunderstood 22. mowed mown

Oo 1. off-set 2. outbid 3. outbreed outbred 4. outbuild outbuilt 5. outcatch outcaught 6. outdo 7. outdraw outdrew outdrawn outbid outdone

8. outdrink outdrank 9. outeat 10. outfight outfought 11. outfit, outfitted 12. outfly outflew 13. outgo 14. outgrow outgrew outate outwent outdrunk outeaten outfought outflown outgone outgrown

Pp 1. partake partook 2. pay 3. pinch-hit 4. plead pled, pleaded 5. prebid 6. prebuild prebuilt paid partaken paid pinch-hit prebid prebuilt

7. prebuy prebought 8. prechoose prechosen 9. precut 10. prepay prepaid 11. presell presold 12. preset 13. preshowed preshown precut preset

Qq 1. quit

Rr 1. read 2. rebid 3. rebind rebound 4. rebuild rebuilt 5. recast 6. redo redid redone read

7. redraw redrew redrawn 8. refit 9. regrind reground 10. regrow regrew regrown 11. rehang 12. reheard 13. reknitted, reknit refit

Ss 1. sawed 2. say said 3. scuba-dived, scuba-dove scuba-dived 4. see saw 5. seek sought sawed, sawn said seen sought

6. sell sold 7. send sent 8. set 9. sew 10. shake shook shaken 11. shaved shaven, shaved 12. sheared, shorn set sold sent sewed sewn

13. shed 14. shined, shone 15. shit, shat 16. shoe shod, shoed 17. shoot shot 18. showed 19. shrink shrank shit, shat shown shrunk

20. shrive shrove 21. shut 22. sight-read 23. sing sang 24. sink sank, sunk 25. sit 26. skin-dived, skin-dove skin-dived sat shriven shut sight-read sung sunk sat

Tt 1. take took 2. teach taught 3. tear tore torn 4. tell told 5. test-drive test-drove test-driven 6. test-fly test-flew test-flown 7. think thought taken taught

8. thrived, throven 9. throw threw 10. thrust 11. tread trod, trodden 12. troubleshoot troubleshot 13. typeset 14. typewrite thrown typeset typewrote troubleshot typeset typewritten

Uu 1. unbend unbent 2. unbind unbound 3. unbuild unbuilt 4. underbid 5. undercut 6. undereat underate undereaten 7. underfeed underfed

8. undergird undergirt, undergirded 9. undergo underwent undergone 10. underlay underlaid 11. underlie underlay underlain 12. underpay underpaid 13. underrun underran underrun 14. undersell undersold underpaid

15. undershoot undershot 16. understand understood 17. undertake undertook undertaken 18. underwrite underwrote underwritten 19. undo 20. undraw undid undrew undone undrawn

21. unfit 22. unlay unlaid 23. unmake unmade 24. unsay unsaid 25. unsell unsold 26. unsewed unsewn 27. unsling unslung

28. unstring unstrung 29. unteach untaught 30. unweave unwove, unweaved unwoven 31. unwind unwound 32. uphold upheld 33. uppercut unwound upheld uppercut

34. uprise uprose 35. upset 36. upspring upsprang, upsprung 37. upsweep upswept 38. upswing upswung upset uprisen upset

Ww 1. wake woke 2. waylay waylaid 3. wear wore 4. weave wove, weaved woven 5. wed 6. weep wept woken waylaid worn wedded, wed wept

7. wet wet 8. win won 9. wind wound 10. wiredraw wiredrew 11. wis 12. withdraw withdrew 13. withhold withheld 14. withstand withstood won wound wiredrawn wissed, wist withdrawn

15. wring wrung 16. write wrote written

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