Question

change the number of the underlined nouns and rewriting the sentences make necessary changes while rewriting the sentence 1. CHILD loves chips made of POTATO 2. The school has a bus and a VAN. 3. The BABYis crying for a TOY. 4. a MONKEY ate a MANGO 5. My FRIEND like to write DIARY 6 . GOODS are sold to BUSINESSMAN. 7.POLICE is not taken against the THIEF & LADY - please open your BOX. ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Noun that denotes one person or thing, is said to be in the Singular form as,

Boy, girl, cow, bird, tree, book, pen.

A Noun that denotes more than one person or thing, is said to be in the Plural form

as,

Boys, girls, cows, birds, trees, books, pens.

Thus there are two Numbers in English-the Singular and the Plural.

The Plural of nouns is generally formed by adding -s to the singular,

boy: boys , pen: pens , girl: girls , desk: desks

Nouns ending in -s, -sh, -ch, or -x form the plural by adding -es to the singular

class : classes , dish: dishes , box: boxes

Most Nouns ending in -o also form the plural by adding -es to the singular

buffalo: buffaloes , potato: potatoes

A few nouns ending in -o merely add -s,

dynamo: dynamos , logo: logos , commando: commandos

Nouns ending in -y, preceded by a consonant, form their plural by changing -y into -i and adding -es

baby: babies , lady: ladies , city: cities

The following nouns ending in -f or -fe form their plural by changing -f/fe into v and adding -es,

thief: thieves , wife: wives , wolf: wolves , life: lives

The nouns dwarf, hoof, scarf and wharf take either -s or -ves in the plural.

dwarfs or dwarves;

hoofs or hooves;

Other words ending in -f or -fe add -s

chief: chiefs , safe: safes , proof: proofs

A few nouns form their plural by changing the inside vowel of the singular

man: men , woman: women , foot: feet , mouse: mice

There are a few nouns that form their plural by adding -en to the singular

ox: oxen , child: children.

Some nouns have the singular and the plural alike

Swine, sheep, deer, aircraft, spacecraft, series, species

Some nouns are used only in the plural.

scissors, tongs, pincers, spectacles, trousers, drawers, jeans, alms, annals

Some nouns look plural but are in fact singular

mathematics, physics, news ,measles