English ( For class II) (SINGULAR AND PLURL )

 English ( For class II)

SINGULAR AND PLURL 

Singular noun is used for one thing .

Examples : book , dog, pen , flower.

Plural noun is used for two or more things .

Examples: books , dogs, pens , flowers .

SINGULAR       PLURAL 

Book - books 

Hand - hands 

Pen - pens 

Table - tables 

Wall - walls 

Bench - benches 

Box - boxes 

Branch - branches 

Brush - brushes 

Watch - watches 

Baby - babies 

City - cities 

Fly - flies 

Lady - ladies 

Story - stories 

Boy - boys 

Day - days 

Key - keys 

Monkey - monkeys

Toy - toys 

Buffalo - buffaloes

Mango - mangoes

Potato - potatoes

Calf - calves

Knife - knives

Thief - thieves 

Wolf - wolves 

Child - children

Foot - feet 

Man - men 

Mouse - mice 

Ox - oxen 

Tooth - teeth

Woman - women 

Exercise

I. Give the plural of the following words:

Ox - oxen

Toy - toys 

Knife - knives 

Fly - flies 

Box - boxes 

Pen - pens 

Bench - benches 

City - cities 

Monkey - monkeys 

Woman - women 

Wolf - wolves 

Wall - walls 

II. Give the singular of the following words.

Tables - table 

Branches - branch

Stories - story 

Keys - key 

Mangoes - mango

Thieves - thief 

Teeth - tooth

Men - man 

III. Rewrite the following sentences in the plural form.

(a) 

1. This is a boy

Ans: These are boys.

2. This is an ox.

Ans: These are oxen.

3.This is a woman.

Ans: These are women.

4.This is a mango.

Ans: These are mangoes.

5.This is a baby.

Ans: These are babies.

(b) 

1. That was a pencil.

Ans: Those were pencils.

2.That was a wolf.

Ans: Those were wolves.

3.That was a potato.

Ans: Those were potatoes.

4.That was a brush.

Ans: Those were brushes.

5.That was a mouse.

Ans: Those were mice.

IV. Rewrite the following sentences in the singular form.

(a) 

1. These are benches.

Ans: This is a bench. 

2.These are egg.

Ans: This is an egg.

3.These are inkpots.

Ans: This is an inkpot.

4.These are apples .

Ans: This is an apple.

5.These are oranges.

Ans: This is an orange.

6.These are umbrellas.

Ans: This is an umbrella.

(b) 

1. Those were knives.

Ans: That was a knife .

2. Those were children.

Ans: That was a child.

3.Those were calves.

Ans: That was a calf.

4.Those were owls.

Ans: That was an owl.

5.Those were boxes.

Ans: That was a box.