Plurals of nouns ending in "f" or "fe"

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No language can thrive without being able to express things in the plural; for example, two desserts are always better than one. As you know, most English nouns form their plurals by adding s or es. But things get a little tricky with words that end in f and fe. Test your knowledge by choosing the correct plurals for the words below.

1. Jennifer went to the bakery to buy three Placeholder for the answer of bread.
2. Luis has hundreds of books and not enough Placeholder for the answer.
3. The children went out to play in the snow all bundled up in their Placeholder for the answer and mittens.
4. It appears that the Placeholder for the answer at the bank have all been broken into.
5. Sophie got a box of embroidered Placeholder for the answer from Great-Aunt Maude.
6. On his scuba diving trip, Rob saw fish swimming in the coral Placeholder for the answer.
7. Whenever we go camping, we always make sure to bring a couple of Placeholder for the answer with us.
8. From the top of the building, we can see the Placeholder for the answer of all the houses below.
9. The Placeholder for the answer took off running, and the police were not able to catch them.
10. There are no docks or Placeholder for the answer on this bay.
  
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