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
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