Nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other word classes.
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What is the plural of the noun "analysis"?
"Analysis" follows a Greek pattern where "-is" becomes "-es", also seen in "crisis"/"crises" and "thesis"/"theses".
What is the plural of the noun "tooth"?
"Tooth" becomes "teeth" through an old vowel shift shared by "foot"/"feet" and "goose"/"geese".
A group of which big cats is called a "pride"?
A lion pride centers on related females who hunt together, while males defend the shared territory.
Which collective noun is used for a group of sharks?
Whitetip reef sharks can rest on the seabed because they pump water over their gills without swimming.
What legislative term names a group of owls?
Long-eared owls can share roosts with up to 100 birds outside the breeding season.
What is the plural of the noun "child"?
"Children" is a double plural: the older form "childer" gained another ending, "-en", also found in "oxen".
What is the plural of the noun "sheep"?
"Sheep" belongs to nouns with identical singular and plural forms, a group that includes "deer" and "moose".
A group of which birds is called a "murder"?
American crows can gather in winter roosts of hundreds of thousands, and family groups cooperate to raise young.
In She quickly ran home, what part of speech is quickly?
Quickly modifies the verb ran by telling how she ran, which is the defining job of an adverb.