{"id":163,"date":"2025-09-29T14:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/2025\/09\/29\/choose-the-correct-plural-formone-fox-two-__\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T14:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:28:43","slug":"choose-the-correct-plural-formone-fox-two-__","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/choose-the-correct-plural-formone-fox-two-__\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose the correct plural form:One fox, two __."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>a) foxs<br>b) foxes<br>c) foxen<br>d) foxies<br><em><strong>The correct answer is:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b) foxes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Explanation<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most nouns ending in -x, -s, -sh, or -ch form their plural by adding -es (not just -s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>box \u2192 boxes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bus \u2192 buses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>brush \u2192 brushes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fox \u2192 foxes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Why the others are wrong:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) foxs \u2013 Incorrect, because nouns ending in -x don\u2019t just add -s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c) foxen \u2013 Incorrect, this is an old\/archaic plural form used for some words (like ox \u2192 oxen) but not for \u201cfox.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>d) foxies \u2013 Incorrect, this would mean \u201csmall or cute foxes\u201d in a slang\/diminutive sense, not the standard plural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Correct plural: <em>foxes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a) foxsb) foxesc) foxend) foxiesThe correct answer is: b) foxes Explanation: Most nouns ending in -x, -s, -sh, or -ch form their plural by adding -es (not just -s). Example: box \u2192 boxes bus \u2192 buses brush \u2192 brushes fox \u2192 foxes Why the others are wrong: a) foxs \u2013 Incorrect, because nouns ending in -x don\u2019t just add -s. c) foxen \u2013 Incorrect, this is an old\/archaic plural form used for some words (like ox \u2192 oxen) but not for \u201cfox.\u201d d) foxies \u2013 Incorrect, this would mean \u201csmall or cute foxes\u201d in a slang\/diminutive sense, not the standard plural. Correct plural: foxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Editor","author_link":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/author\/editor\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/category\/daily-tips\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daily Tips<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"a) foxsb) foxesc) foxend) foxiesThe correct answer is: b) foxes Explanation: Most nouns ending in -x, -s, -sh, or -ch form their plural by adding -es (not just -s). Example: box \u2192 boxes bus \u2192 buses brush \u2192 brushes fox \u2192 foxes Why the others are wrong: a) foxs \u2013 Incorrect, because nouns ending in&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/school.kanavu.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}