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onjunct ion
Singular and Plural

SIMP LY TAKE - OFF

Look at the word s given below and fill in the blank s
with their plura l forms .

Singular Plural / · -,
( --
a. tomat o
~
b. sheep ( (.

(. (.

c. chef
(.~t . ~ ~--th
"< '
. .~.-!.-,.,;,..
'
,;,.I.~
'
~.,....• ..
/

d. planet

e. church

f. thief

g. mountain

h. arrangement

' " .,.,

.
..-
.;_
,,,. .....
....
 S INI PLY C H ECK O U T
~o What's wrong W hat's right

f , , e furnitures I bought is good. J(~ h e furniture I bought ls good. j

[i_;d you hear the good newses? J( Did you hear the good news? j
G e these your n e w trous er?
::::------------= ===:::.
J[ Are these your new trousers? J
L--R_a_h_u_l _b_o _u_
g _h_t tw
_ o _n_e_w_ s _h o
_ r_t_se
_ s_.__,, ( Rahul bought two new shorts . j
S IMPLY PRACTISE
1 . Look at the nouns in bold given in the sentences below. Tick l ✓ )
the ones that are used correctly and cross p c) the ones that are
used incorrectly.

a. These scissor are used for cutting cloth.

b. This cloth is neat and clean.

c. Have you seen my glasses? I want to watch television.

d. What kind of good does this train carry?

e. Look at the table of content to turn to the right page. ·

f. The mouse ran up and down the stair.

g. The police used firea rm to chase the angry mob.

h. I live on the outskirt of New Delhi.

i. The news tha t I heard were shocking.

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II · th e singular
2. Rewrite the sentences correctly by changing ·
110
~
given in bold to their plural forms. ~l'l~
a. The ostrich i~ a bird with long lei~· , ,i tPt., \ Or)Q
lh1L Ds 1;;~ 1c..ha,o o.rut b1~ d-b L.V
b. Tfie mango is sweet and!our. .I,
JhQ.. rf)OJ) q o.e..b o.ru_. ~ Ct.()
A
u
i
s ~_.d~~ ~ ~i
fl
c. Keep the hiimmer aside once you are one . r,,a,
~ W#.~ r:rl
w

v,,~~h ~ ~ avlQ ~ow~·

~
I ~ I. k d ,w \ tt\
d. Last summer, Soham and his family c 1c e
pictures of a lion at the zoo. 1'I Li c 1-,.l"I M,011 e..(i .
~r s ~ o Soho..rri ai\OJ. 11 ~ r2;- ·:-:J P,~
e. It is Father's Day today. It is a day "1)- ·uev t15:, aJ.:;- ~ ~
itespfci~llyfor ~ath~r. t-oet~~, ;t IS 0-cAOJf ~ ?~\ 0
I ~ ¥ ~ a..~ -- 0 l,yo.f-·'I\ \j.Q \
f. There is a crack in the roof. We need to me~nhat soon. ~~
,r~~ ~ C ccdJ«' jri ¥00 b· · we ~ - · · rts.f'l&. ij i- L
g. Pallavi ate the cherry before she cut her b1rt day cake. ,:\ u ~ .
t~
PoJJo~ oJJ:.. choJro i~ -~ b~0 ~ 5JN,... CW- ~~ (I-' ~ '-
h. My neighbour bought new furniture f<z_r the house recf:7ntl .;t{
t"l)..f ~iq_,hb)u.n b~\J%.}t r-..U..W ~ \ •.tJW.. b.r.tr, t. ~l) r,Y;/ .
i. RaJini's ¥riend gave her good advice o~ow to rearn swim ' ·_J 'A
R0-,_1in iJ___s i;rien~ ~~ M 'lS' 6°
_o.d-.~t <:..A.J,; )~ ~ng.
3. Rewrite the sentences correctly by changing the plur~
• . .
~J~
0 llns 1 ~~
given ,n bold to their singular forms.

a. Look at the children out there. LD .

l-ocR ~t ~ ~hf\ dl ouJ \"2J~
b. The oxen are domestic an[mals. . C\
INl.. ~)L t$ ~.)[\(_CJ"J lf0~&
c. This is the same boy who has won awards.
~jS lS ~ :S~ _be~ wh~ nM W C \'")
d. T]le geese dis_turbed the farm~r all day long. .
1h.,Q_ ~ J.lS hLl .be_cl i~~ \:fJJ, ..tYt,_~ 0-.\ l
a r1
e. The people I met last Th~! sdf~ wer~ ~~!e,restin~~, 1 . C\
1h.~pe~.t \ MQ.t' t o~t- dt\,.t.J.,.il, .\J · , l ¼. t, ~>~ t ,t
, r\ t t·~,r ~ 1•
f. We went on a school tnp recently t~ meefJthe firemen -_), ~
g. ~~~~~Sp~ ih;i,~~~i~~ ~r~~r~N~et~
go;~\
ru...-en t &r J.J..;j H 1 oJ- r}\ .-
~ ~t· b 1
~
·~Q c ·~ ~ c~ ~ ()'J\ CfL IY¥J\\
'h. '; ·

h. We 5f- 0 tf~~ th~~~ on our way to 'Manali. ·· ' ' 'u . u'
\,tjq, .:.;,. f':; Q f l , : U ,: .· ~ ) l C) l) ,. ' ~ ~ ~~...., 'v~, V\ l, _\ rt\ {f\fO ·" o l\
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4. Look at the table given below and fill up the columns. \
\
Singular Plural \
... lf"l.· i, •• ,O \I
a. news ......[ ~ - ...... .

b. foxes
···~····· ········
c. informatio n

d. leaves

e. advice ..... ~Ltrl.....

~
f. ... . ..; .. .... j1/ ....
' stories

g. hobby

h. children

~ SIMPLY LISTEN AND SPEAK

ten to a poem on singular nouns and plural nouns. Say it aloud
en you listen to it the second time.

A beautiful scenery is singular

For it has no plural. ·
A pair of trousers is plural
for it has no singular.

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prcpos iti oun
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, }

·uocti Ofl
oil)

oFF ,,d write any two

SIMP LY TAKE - ·vef1 befoW a
Look at the pi~u re::~ escri be ct,efl1·
suitab le adjec tl\/es '--

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.

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.......9.'!r".~,. a.
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 S IMP LY CH ECK OU T \
Som e adje ctiv es can be use d as
adj ect ives of num ber .
bot h adje ctiv es of qua ntit y as
we\ \ as
\
• The re is eno ugh foo d for us.
\
• The re are eno ugh peo ple in the hall.
The adje ctiv e eno ugh ans wer s the
que stio n how muc h. Hen ce, it is an The adje ctiv e eno ugh ans wer s the
adje ctiv e of qua ntit y. que stio n how man y. Hen ce, it is an
adje ctiv e of num ber .

SIM PL Y PR AC TIS E
1. Loo k at the tab les giv en bel ow
and fill up the col um ns wit h sui tab le
adj ect ive s. On e has bee n don e for
you .

Adj ect ive s of

Adj ect ive s of Adj ect ive s of
qua lity
qua ntit y num ber

. . . . . . . . . B.Q.Q.Q. ..•...••. . ..... .... if?.W. ... ..... . . ..... .... gjg ht. ... .. ... .
.. ....../£a&...... . ..... ...t l ' l ~ · · · ..~ ti ~
...... k'aw:fb····· ········~ · ........$ .ec..c .t:\&

De mo ns tra tiv e Interrogative Po sse ssi ve

ad jec tiv es adjectives ad iec tiv es

..........tb.o.t......... . ......... w.b.lch........ . ..... .... .Y.O.Ur......... .

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........ [ ~........ . Wh~
.
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th e ir ty p e s.
ad
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1e ct rv e s ;n th e s e n te
,
n c e s g iv e n b
e lo w a n d idel
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a. T h e b u s w as ~ h ac ci d en t.
se ve re ly d am a g e a ,n 4 e
. -
b. J K R o w lin I st o ri es .
g h a s w ri tt e n
s e v e r~ ,~ \f•
c. T h e fi ft h fl
I -
o o r is ri g h t th
e r~ 41l
d. T h a t c o lo N u rn b e "' 2 s" .
u r ,s m y fa vo
- cl ef u r( te .
e. T h e jo u rn e'no'1<q"t-1S"o.\-r...-.Q .
y w a sT o n g an ·
d' tf 'T e n ,g h t w a s w a rm .
f. T h e se d re ss o .l il ;' ~
e s fi t u s~y
-
g . lt !. Y _ b~aLge rr '\ o n~ C-lf"t"1 w e ll .
P o s s e . s ~ i~. . lsfull o f to y s a n a r,v1L., t s
choco a e ·
h . ,v ,r K a p o o r l ~ i t - ~
g a v e A ye sl 'r a e1. .
hYs il v e r c o in s o n
h e r b ir th d a y .
3 . C h o o se 7f'
th e c o r r e c t a d je . f th e b ra c k e ts to
c ti v e ro m c o m p le te
th e s e n te n c e s .
a. S a n g ra m has
o n ly .. ~ .... i,a-w.....
th e fish. (a fe w /l it tl e ) g
ra in s to fe e d
b . T h e re a re ...
~ .~ a .. Q ., (l it tl e /s e v e ra l)
th e b ra n c h . b ir d s s it ti n g o
n
c. M y p e t d o g
w a g g e d it s ta il
w h e n I g a v e it
(s o m e /l it tl e ) m ....... S..or.cv.t.... .
d . ....s. ~. . .
u n d e rs ta n d ad
il k to d ri n k .
(F e w /S o m e ) s tu
d e n ts in m y c la s s
jectives. do not
e. We n e e d ·· ··
·: ( ) _ ·~ ·· ·· (m u c h /m a n y
) ice cubes to
f. Which o f th e .. make ice lollies.
... tw..O........ (some/two) lo
g. M y te a c h e r d aves ·o t b re a d is fr e hJ
oes n o t like ans
wering so ......f t s .
(m a n y /m u c h ) q
u e s ti o n s . :·.~-~~f·.~;;:~. .
~
h. We d id n '~ b ~J
u y ····
th e supermark · ···· ..../ ........ (a n /
et. y some ) cloth es fr o m

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 4. Make sentences of your own with the adjectives given below.
a. these

·········~ - . ··.... _);l_(). ~-~ ... - ~ -.....t9-W>· ....c;:.~ .... ~

• """ ...... • .1. ~ ~ "'- n -n ••••••• • r :Lll. (\__,..., 1
1
r---,.~,~ 0·"'-)~.......... ~,,.. ·•·t
.....n;;....... :--.. .1.-. ~ .. .. ., ,. ..
,-, •. . .1-.J.\Jl~-

b. some

........ b.r.i. f:\q_ .......t":().&..••••••••'.So.ff.l.R.. .•....•..v,e-g.e-.h-.J.Aii........r,-_.,. ... s.o o R

•••••••~ 1:>.r:wi... ..... dv>. ·'35...... ;;-~ ....... Y.:>.o..~-:Q. ~ .().'1·..................
c. whose

........... ~~..........$ J. i.p.(~Q,,~ ....... o.ttL ... ....1~ _(L?;;}: n ••••••••••••

..........w. b~ ........~.\~-.......~......l.a..f,,t ........................... .

d. their
...... ~ r-\ ·"-"""" .,LD
..l . ~....................
- A ,..
-:n. ...................... \k.
o..nJL ......... .-,.. ,). ................... .
·······••l'--~
+,.() .. - ........~.~
'rt ..........L..O,
t"'\. i,\ .l~~w~ I\ : ""' .1:.......~-1,........................... .
e. bright
C!. •• r--..
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\ ~o ·····~····· b:~jrr··'(•'•
A~ V tt P.:.t....................... .. J

............ cv.t 'o )r.°.LC

. .·......... W.~ .......... ·&ht ~ °'1• ••••••••.•..•••••••
.. • . • • . . • . . • . . • .

f. those
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•..~ •••••••I_ ,.,-,(••,vQ
~ .',• v. • • • },.
0>/ <1 • • • • • •
..~ .Q.;..............~
•o ..O.~?;........ .
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e I e a I e e a I e .I O '~
,m ._:;/..l..~n h.,. ., ,.
• • • •• • ~ ■ ~ ' • • • • • • 1
\n
e • • 1 • • ■ ■
I • 1 • ..b. ,r::, ~ . \ '...
,.....,,
~ •••••••••••••••• • •

~- our
..........!9.~............ ~~ ...... kl~ ...........h:: ~ -....f.wt-4:Jj_;
............~
r"- -~-.................
C.CvL ..............rx•-.>J.).........A ...J.. c.. ........................ ..
tenth
,-.-I
................ T • • • • ••co..XY.\
D ........ ~ ..........":<f. '-.-":-1:1.D. l.0.~ ........... ~ ~ f.r.J?.n •••••••'h-:'; Q ~~P
. . • . . . -- • . ~ t --c...,

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, ./\1\..V..............'( r~ ~\C' l ~ :YC\
..........(..:-:-;~.o....................
fl l 1r.7 ) ~ ......~. "•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• , •
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......~ h /.cl) ....... !.,w. ~ · .. . . . L~...... .~ o .......~ .-P.~.~ .-:. ..........
u..> h<·~ ·S c....t~v..J~ 7 ...... . ..... . .. ...... .... . ··· ·· ·...
...... ....... .. . . ·········\. ··· ···o· ... ····•·.-·· ·· ··· ······ ······· .
j. one-third •.
.......P.1: :z.. 2.. ~.. .... . ,~.. .... .~.....i. D .to....... oo .e .:: ..t h.L ~r-1. ...
~ r-- ····• ..
••. . . . . . . ~ ... .... r."-l;Jt......... . r-, n.9.~·· . :fb5.'2{ .. ... °l)· ... C .OJ:<.,.. . ....... . . . .
k . sharp
........... t.Y.?..CJ ..... f::~ ..c?.l-0.i..../._;3 ._. ..S .h r.•.J1. p ........... .......................... .
. . . . . . . . . . . ~ .... ,.:,.o_oc,'. }....... 0.... .. .S.b . ~ ... .. ... .. .... .. ............ .
,··~·- ··· ····
I. thirty
..........1:........6 . ~........~.{.o..t"J ·· ····c;·~· ·Q.~.~..1.~ ........... .
1,... ••, l
.............~ .~ ....... ~ .<:?..I.I.......:().~--·--~..():...... i .. - - . ,. t ' .. \ .....
. . . . . . . .'. . -'· . '1 . l .. ·;., . . . . .
V · •. . ,

0 SIMPLY LIS TEN AND SPEAK

Listen to a poem on adjectives. Say it aloud when you listen to it the
second time.

What kind of... is what makes quality.

How much is... what makes quantity.
Number is... all about ho w many.
Which one... stands for demonstrative.
Whose is... all for possessive.
Wher~ what,, which/ when is... all about interrogati ve.
These ore the various kinds of adjectives.

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r
...
,,, ti ••