Grammar Exercises. Give the plural of the following-nouns. leaf child man tooth knowledge mouse sheep woman medium fish country goose

Give the plural of the following-nouns.

leaf child man tooth knowledge

mouse sheep woman medium fish

country goose gooseberry deer dish

piano lady crisis deary news

2. Read the following nouns first in the singular and then in the plural:

1. bag, dog, bird, verb, pan, hen, spoon, noun, room, ring, thing, evening, song, girl, apple, table, article.

2. tree, pie, cow, fly, lady, baby, teacher, letter, mirror, berry, play, toy, city.

3. cake, snake, fork, map, lamp, hat, clock, rat, coat, goat, skirt, shirt, plant, sonant, jacket, object, attribute.

4. shelf, leaf, knife, wife, roof, chief, handkerchief.

5. bus, class, glass, dress, piece, slice, horse, house, rose, nose, blouse, box, fox, match, bench, bridge, cage, cottage, bush, radish.

6. man, woman, child, foot, tooth, goose, mouse, ox, fish, trout, fruit, swine, mouse, louse, deer, sheep.

7. phenomenon, crisis, stimulus, formula, axis, thesis, criterion.

Give the plural form of the words underlined.

Pattern:

I met a man at the meeting last night. I met some men at the meeting last night.

1. I saw a mouse running across the floor.

2. The baby got a new tooth.

3. I need a match.

4. He cooked a potato for dinner.

5. The professor is reading a thesis.

6. I visited a city in the Ukraine.

7. She photographed a leaf.

8. I caught a fish.

9. I saw a sheep in the farmyard.

10. She talked to a child.

11. The children hid behind the bush.

12. In science class we studied about a species of fish.

13. When I was in the park yesterday, I saw a goose.

14. When we spoke in the cave, we heard an echo.

15. He packed a box.

16. Every day I read in the newspaper about a new crisis in the world.

17. The wagon is being pulled by an ox.

18. I told the children a fable about a wolf and a fox.

19. We read a story about an Indian chief.

20. At the meeting last night, we were listening to a speech.

21. In science class, we studied a phenomenon of nature.

Use the nouns in the brackets in the Possessive Case.

1. my (nephew) dog; 2. (Julie) new boyfriend; 3. the (men) room; 4. my (sister-in-law) husband; 5. the (women) leader; 6. the (officers) residence; 7. for (goodness) sake; 8. (Jesus) resurrection; 9. the (prince) palace; 10. my (brother-in-law) new automobile; 11. (Clinton) saxophone; 12. the (children) toys; 13. a (three-hour) drive: 14. the (labourers) union; 15. (Burns) employees; 16. (Beethoven) 9th symphony; 17. (Aristoles) yacht; 18. (Aristotle) work; 19. (Bush) daughter;

Exercise 5. Use the Possessive Case instead of nouns with of.

1. the supporters of Mr Collins; 2. the passports of the drivers; 3. the father of Roy: 4. the parents of everyone else; 5. the shop of the Jones Brothers; 6. the songs of the Pointer Sisters; 7. the child of Mary and Henry; 8. the hats of the la­dies; 9. the shop of the florist; 10. the Park of Saint James; 11. the law of Archimedes.

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