Irregular Plurals

2nd BimonthlyList 7

5th grade

staffs

• workers

ourselves

• we

pants

• jeans

scissors

• Cutting tool

loaves

• A bar of bread

volcanoes

• A kind of mountain that erupts magma.

chiefs

• bosses

buffaloes

• A big animal

flamingos

• a tall wading bird with mainly pink or scarlet plumage and long legs and neck.

beliefs

• trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.

echoes

• Sounds bounced

shelves

• Flat surface were you put things.

quizzes

• tests

sheriffs

• Police, chiefs of law

dominoes

• A table game

thieves

• People who steal

measles

• Disease that cause a fever and red spots on the skin.

avocadoes

• A green fruit

pianos

• Musical instrument

bailiffs

• an officer in a court of law who helps the judge control the people in the courtroom

wharves• a structure built on the shore for loading and

unloading ships

mosquitoes

• a small flying insect that bites the skin of people and animals and sucks their blood

armadillos• a small American animal that lives

underground and whose head and body are protected by a hard shell

desperadoes

• a bandit of the western United States in the 19th century