Ex. 1. Write the plurals.

Armadillo, cello, châ teau, chamois, daddy-long-legs, dodo, echidna, fleur-de-lis, hippocampus, ichthyosaurus, igloo, marlin, paramecium, polyhedron, rhino, triceratops.

Ex. 2. Write the plural forms of the following nouns. Find their meaning and pronunciation in a dictionary.

a) soliloquy, virago, hobo, hoodoo, tsetse fly, hindoo, saguaro, come-and-go, voodoo, goody-goody, Negrito, slo-mo, zero, gado-gado, koodoo, whisky, whiskey, shampoo, grand piano, shako, dingo, jumbo, Mumbo-Jumbo, rodeo, Bobby, bobby, guanaco, jackaroo, wallaby, tango, trio, taboo, piccolo, mango, innuendo, folio, tyro, tuxedo, carabao, cariboo, goody, butterfly, creepy-crawly, Louis-Alberto, quid pro quo, so-and-so, flyby, mho, de facto

b) beef, giraffe, stuff, goof, grief, staff, sheaf, fife, chef, mastiff, fishwife, werewolf.

c) goose, mongoose, VIP, VUP, grouse, titmouse, DC-10, scythe, by-path, moth, Mr, crowfoot, snipe, Burmese, reindeer, beluga, per cent, bream, mammoth, gnu, turbot, roach, starfish, aircraft, Tyrolese, Singhalese, boa constrictor

d) hobby-horse, grab-all, harum-scarum, hokey-pokey, hocus-pocus, man-at-arms, corn-stalk, will-o'-the-wisp, knight-errant, Knight Templar, secretary bird, go-between, husband-to-be, stick-in-the-mud, cat-o'-mountain, prince consort, ghost writer, what-for, tam-o'-shanter, whipper-snapper, hold-up, cat-o'-nine-tails, grant-in-aid, good-for-nothing, killjoy, runner-up, what-not, hanger-on, jack-o'-lantern, lady bug, whip-poor-will, passenger pigeon, lay-by, poet laureate, goody-two-shoes, dry-fly, wood-louse, duck-bill, spoonbill, teaspoonful, dragon-fly, kilowatt-hour, jack-in-the-box, cul-de-sac, might-have-been, middle-of-the-roader, cha-cha-cha

e) hodman, Whatman, doberman, Irishman, desman, Mussulman, talesman, talisman, shaman, foreman, rag-and-bone-man, brahman, caiman, goodman, human, ottoman, Ottoman, woodman, walkman, sandwichman, G-man, ombudsman, dragoman, madwoman

f) oxymoron, nautilus, waribashi, auto-da-fé, delirium, bacillus, amoeba, kohlrabi, tarantula, flambeau, patois, samurai, lira, fellah, automaton, anthropofagus, dilettante, bon-mot, hypnosis, eucaliptus, alga, oasis, apex, medium, maestro, kibbutz, rendez-vous, elytron, terminus, intermezzo, bacterium, tempo, focus, vortex, fait accompli, cicerone, echinus, acropolis, bisectrix, gladiolus, aphis, aquarium, chela, possum, concetto, drachma, femme fatale, jinnee, jus, magus, Nemesis, medusa, metamorphosis, miasma, minimus, octopus, portmanteau, Sioux, soldo, sphinx, toga, vox, curriculum vitae, arc-boutant, locus classicus, obiter dictum, billet-doux, nebula, diagnosis, neurosis, psychosis, sclerosis.