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.

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.

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.