Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that most appropriately completes each sentence My neighbor owns twenty__________

Analyze the question: The sentence needs the correct phrase for a number of cattle: "My neighbour owns twenty __."

Concept:

• "Cattle" is already a plural noun. It never takes an "s", so "cattles" is always wrong.
• When "head" is used to count livestock, it stays singular after a number: twenty head of cattle, fifty head of sheep.
• "Herds" would mean groups of cattle. "Twenty herds" would be an enormous number, since each herd holds many animals. That is unlikely to be what the sentence means.

Step-by-step elimination:

• A. head of cattles: "cattles" is wrong. ❌
• B. head of cattle: the counting expression "twenty head of cattle" is correct. ✅
• C. heads of cattles: "cattles" is wrong. ❌
• D. herds of cattle: grammatically fine, but "twenty herds" is an unnatural way to say a neighbour owns twenty animals. It is less appropriate. ❌
• E. herds of cattles: "cattles" is wrong. ❌

Answer: B. twenty head of cattle.

Tip: Remember "cattle" like "people" and "police". They are already plural, so never add "s". For counting animals, use the pattern number + head of + livestock, with "head" staying singular (e.g. "thirty head of goats").