Question

nouns
Countable nouns
hair, sky, fire,
water, fun etc.,
Plural
Singular
word
words
countries
country
mile
miles
Note the expressions
"hair strands', 'two
glasses of water', 'a bit
of fun. Here, we do not
say hairs, waters, funs
desert
deserts
mountain
mountains
road
roads
etc.
story
stories
Find five countable nouns from the passage and write their
singular and plural forms.
• List the units that we use to measure the following:
water, milk, distance, weight.
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Answer 1

Answer:

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‘Hair is’ vs. ‘hair are’ vs. ‘hairs are’ in English

by Jakub Marian

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The soft matter covering your head is usually referred to using a plural noun in other languages, e.g. die Haare in German or les cheveux in French. In English, however, “hair” is a mass noun (just like “fur” or “grass”), and as such it is used with singular verbs:

correctMy hair is long.

wrongMy hair are long.

correctHer hair looks good.

wrongHer hair look good.

Since it is a mass noun, we don’t use the indefinite article before it:

correctShe has beautiful hair.

wrongShe has a beautiful hair.

It should be noted that “hair” in English does not refer only to the hair between one’s forehead and nape; it refers to any kind of “fur” covering some part of a person’s body. To avoid possible confusion, we often use adjectives when referring to “non-head” hair, e.g. facial hair (the beard and mustache in men), pubic hair (hair around the genital area), body hair, and so on.

“Hair” can also be used as a countable noun when referring to a single strand of hair. For example, you can say:

I found a hair in my soup.

You can also use “hair” in the plural when referring to several isolated hairs:

Answer 2

Answer:

pencile-penciles

book-books

fingure-fingures

pen-pens

hand-hands