Note:- We add ‘-s’ to some naming words to make them many.
For eg,
card + s -> cards
animal + s -> animals
We add ‘-es’ to some naming words to change into many.
Worksheet II
2. Add ‘-es’ to the following naming words to make them more than one.
a) bus – ___________
View AnswerAns. buses
b) class – __________
View AnswerAns. classes
c) match – __________
View AnswerAns. matches
d) mango – _________
View AnswerAns. mangoes
e) hero – __________
View AnswerAns. heroes
f) potato – __________
View AnswerAns. potatoes
g) mosquito – ___________
View AnswerAns. mosquitoes
h) dish – ___________
View AnswerAns. dishes
i) box – ___________
View AnswerAns. boxes
j) church – ______________
View AnswerAns. churches
Note:- For naming words that end in ‘-o’, ‘-s’, ‘-x’, ‘-ch’, ‘-sh’, ‘-ss’, we usually add ‘-es’ to change them into many.
We change ‘-y’ into ‘-ies’ to make more than one of the word had a consonant before ‘-y’. For eg, baby (consonant before y)
We add ‘-s’ to the words that end in ‘-y’ and have a vowel before it. For eg, key (vowel before y)
5. Add ‘-s’ to change ‘-y’ to ‘-ies’ to make the following words more than one.
a) trophy – _________
View AnswerAns. trophies
b) story – _________
View AnswerAns. stories
c) body – __________
View AnswerAns. bodies
d) tray – __________
View AnswerAns. trays
e) storey – ___________
View AnswerAns. Storeys
f) day – __________
View AnswerAns. days
g) city – __________
View AnswerAns. cities
h) family – ___________
View AnswerAns. families
i) fairy – __________
View AnswerAns. fairies
j) boy – __________
View AnswerAns. boys
k) country – __________
View AnswerAns. countries
l) donkey – ___________
View AnswerAns. donkeys
Worksheet III
1 Change the following words into many by changing ‘-f’ or ‘-fe’ into ‘-ves’ as showin in the examples.
a) life – _________
View AnswerAns. lives
b) leaf – _________
View AnswerAns. leaves
c) wife – ___________
View AnswerAns. wives
d) thief – _________
View AnswerAns. thieves
e) loaf – ___________
View AnswerAns. loaves
f) wolf – ___________
View AnswerAns. wolves
g) knife – ___________
View AnswerAns. knives
half – _________
View AnswerAns. halves
Note: – In some naming words, we change ‘-f’, ‘-fe’ into ‘-ves’ to make them many.
Sometimes we change the vowel sound of a naming word to change it into more than one. Example,
tooth –> teeth
man –> men
Change the following naming words into many.
a) foot – __________
View AnswerAns. feet
b) woman – ____________
View AnswerAns. women
c) goose – ____________
View AnswerAns. geese
d) mouse – ____________
View AnswerAns. mice
Some naming words do not follow any regular changing patterns for conversion into plurals (more than one). A few examples are given below:
child –> children
ox –> oxen
Do it yourself
1. Pick out the errors in the following sentences.
a) The painter had many brush in his kit.
View AnswerAns. Error – brush; Correct – brushes
b) My neighbour has two pet, a cat and a monkey.
View AnswerAns. Error – pet; Correct – pets
c) My mother gifted me a new bicycles on my birthday.
View AnswerAns. Error – bicycles; Correct – bicycle
d) The girl had three balloon and a toyes.
View AnswerAns. Error – balloon, toyes; Correct – balloons, toys
e) The hunters was surrounded by many wolf.
View AnswerAns. Error – hunters; Correct – wolves
f) I went to the market and bought some vegetable and a loaves of bread.
View AnswerAns. Error – vegetable, loaves; Correct vegetables, loaf
g) The students and their family were invited for the Annual day function.
View AnswerAns. Error – family; Correct – families
2. Tick the correct word.
a) louse – lice/louses
View AnswerAns. lice
b) buffalo – buffalos/buffaloes
View AnswerAns. buffaloes
c) echo – echos/echoes
View AnswerAns. echoes
d) ray – rays/raies
View AnswerAns. rays
e) hen – hens/henes
View AnswerAns. hens
f) goat – goats/goates
View AnswerAns. goats
g) shelf – shelfs/shelves
View AnswerAns. shelves
h) cherry – cherries/cherrys
View AnswerAns. cherries