into _ves_ without increasing the number of syllables.

Write the plural of the following nouns.

Sheaf, loaf, beef, thief, calf, half, elf, shelf, self, wolf, life,
knife, wife.




LESSON 79.

NUMBER.

From the following list of nouns, select, and write in separate columns:
1st. Those that have no plural; 2d. Those that have no singular; 3d. Those
that are alike in both numbers.

Pride, wages, trousers, cider, suds, victuals, milk, riches, flax,
courage, sheep, deer, flour, idleness, tidings, thanks, ashes, scissors,
swine, heathen.

The following nouns have very irregular plurals. Learn to spell the
plurals.

_Singular. Plural. Singular. Plural_.
Man, men. Foot, feet.
Woman, women. Ox, oxen.
Child, children. Tooth, teeth.
Mouse, mice. Goose, geese.