Plural Formation Plural Formation By adding _s to the singular Book - books Pen - pens Cow - cows Girl - girls Hand - hands Road - roads Brush - brushes Dish - dishes Tax - taxes Day - days Key - keys Toy - toys Storey - storeys Play - plays Chimney - chimneys Monkey - monkeys Piano - pianos Bamboo - bamboos Proof - proofs Portfolio - portfolios Photo - photos Canto - cantos Cuckoo - cuckoos Chief - chiefs Gulf - gulfs Roof - roofs Belief - beliefs Grief - griefs Spoonful - spoonfuls Handful - handfuls Mangoose - mangooses Hindu - hindus Woe - woes By Adding …….es Box-boxes Tax-taxes dish - dishes match - matches kiss -kisses glass -glasses lass -lasses branch -branches watch - watches focus -focuses potato -potatoes tomato - tomatoes volcano - volcanoes echo - echoes buffalo -buffaloes class - classes brush -brushes negro - negroes Cargo-cargoes mosquito - mosquitoes motto - mottoes mango - mangoes
Ans: By Changing … y into-ies duty - duties army - armies city - cities remedy - remedies fly- flies lady -ladies Pony - ponies story -stories
Ans: By changing…...for fe into………...vest calf-Calves half -halves Wife-wives life-lives shelf -shelves thief - thieves loaf - loaves knife-knives wolf - wolves leaf- leaves self - selves Elf-elves
Ans: Exception hoof-hoofs/ hooves staff-staffs safe - safes chief-chiefs cafe - cafes
Ans: The …...en plurals Ox-oxen Brother- brothren/brothers Child-children
Ans: By changing the inside vowels man-men Woman - WOmen tooth - teeth mouse - mice foot -feet louse - lice gOOSe - geese coachman - coachmen washerman - washermen postman-postmen StateSman - Statesmen Englishman-Englishmen Fisherman -fishermen chairman - chairmen Plural Of Compound Nouns
Ans: Plural ending the first part Commander-in-chief -commanders-in-chief father-in-law - fathers-in-law sister-in-law - sisters-in-law brother-in-law -brothers-in-law son-in-law - sons-in-law daughter-in-law -daughters-in-law. lady-in-waiting -ladies-in-waiting looker-on -lookers-on passer-by -passers-by Man-of-war-men-of-war
Ans: Plural ending to the second part boyfriend -boyfriends maidservant - maidservents maneater - maneaters Major general - major generals stepson -Stepsons Grownup-grownups Plural ending added to both parts Man servant - menServants WOman servant - Women ServantS
Ans: Plurals of foreign nouns radius radii focus - foci syllabus - syllabi nucleus- nuclei, nucleuses genius -geniuses,genii magus - magi datum - data medium - media/mediums aquarium -aquaria/aquariums gymnasium - gymnasia/gymnasiums agendum -agenda stadium - stadia/stadiums memorandum - memoranda/memorandums curriculam - curricula apex - apexes/apices basis -bases thesis - theses Crisis - Crises appendix -appendixes focus -focuses/foci oasis - oases analysis -analyses diagnosis - diagnoses index - indices/indexes axis - axes alumnus - alumni formula -formulas/formulae Weep - Laugh Wet - Dry Wide - Narrow Win - Lose Wild -Tame Wealth - Poverty Wicked - Virtuous Zenith - Nadir Plural forms of letters and figures M.L.A -M.L.A's 1980 - 1980's B.A - B.A's V.I.P - V.I.P's M.P - M.P's
Ans: The same form for both singular and plural Sheep swine innings deer corps means aircraft series furniture Forming of Antonyms with prefixes
Ans: With ’dis Advantage - Disadvantage Appear - Disappear Like - Dislike Satisfy - Dissatisfy Honourable - Dishonourable Please - Displease Own - Disown Agree - Disagree Order - Disorder Honest - Dishonest Approve - Disapprove Qualify - Disqualify
Ans: With 'in' Comparable - Incomparable Formal - Informal Definite - Indefinite Correct - Incorrect Sensible - Insensible Divisible - Indivisible Direct - Indirect Complete - Incomplete Human - Inhuman Able - Unable Equal - Unequal Fair - Unfair Able - Unable Happy - Unhappy Successful - Unsuccessful Faithful - Unfaithful Suitable - Unsuitable Fortunate - Unfortunate
Ans: With 'il' and 'im' Legal - Illegal Literate - Illiterate Legible - Illegible Probable - Improbable Moral - Immoral Perfect - Imperfect Normal - Abnormal Relevant- Irrelevant Responsible- Irresponsible Add Tags Report Error