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Change the following sentences from the Singular into the Plural. Make other necessary changes.
- An apple grows on a tree.
- A bad hides his fault.
- The nurse carries the baby.
- A woman loves her husband.
- A mother is kind to a little child.
- A fly is an insect.
- A soldier is a brave man.
- A house has a roof.
- The child was bitten by a mosquito.
- My uncle works in a factory,
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Change the following sentences from the Plural into the Singular. Make other necessary changes.
- These children have bad teeth.
- The women with their daughters were present.
- Lives of great men teach us how to live nobly.
- These sheep have no wool on them.
- Monkeys have long tails.
- Good children never tell lies.
- The women were carrying their babies.
- Those boys are reading their books.
- These workmen have no enemies.
- Foxes stole the geese.
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Pick out the Nouns from the following sentences and write the Gender next to each.
- Not many people can keep a secret.
- The queen went to swim in the river.
- All schoolmasters are great taskmasters.
- The hunter killed a tiger.
- We saw the actress with her children.
- The policeman shot at the thief.
- Jack fell down and broke his crown.
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- people (neuter)
- queen (feminine)
- schoolmasters (masculine)
taskmasters (masculine) - hunter (masculine)
tiger (masculine) - actress (feminine)
children (neuter) - policeman (masculine)
thief (neuter) - Jack (masculine)
his (masculine)
Q4.
Rewrite the following sentences changing the Masculine nouns to Feminine.
- The tiger sprang at the throat of the hunter.
- That widower is the father of six sons.
- The hero is a poet, philosopher, and a priest.
- The prince punished the actor who was a traitor.
- His nephews and brothers came to see him.
- The prince took pity on the poor man. He brought him to his palace.
- The lion carried away the son of a washerman.
- The king gave the wizard a prize.
- The bridegroom was an old man riding on a white horse.
- The king gave the shepherd a prize because he had saved the life of his son.
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Supply the missing words. Refer to this list as little as possible.
| actress, aunt, bachelor, bridegroom, cows, daughter, female, goddess, hens, heroine, heiress, lionesses, mares |
- John's brother is a bank clerk and his ________ is a nurse.
- My aunt is very nice and my _________ has a wonderful sense of humour.
- My __________ is a little boy of four; my niece is a little girl of two.
- My father's brother and sister have never married. He's still a ________ and she's a _____________.
- These days, few men become monks and few women become __________.
- There is only one bull in the field, but there are dozens of __________.
- The cock crows at dawn and wakes up all the ____________.
- The stallion is in a separate stable from the ____________.
- We call the boar Henry and we call the _________ Jemima.
- The ewes look quiet enough, but I don't like the look of that __________.
- Tony is an actor and his wife is an ___________.
- John and Jane work in a restaurant; he is a waiter and she is a __________.
- In fairy tales, the handsome __________ usually marries the beautiful princess.
- We went to a wildlife park and saw a lot of lions and ___________.
- In mythology, Mars is the god of war; Diana is the ___________ of hunting.
- Katrina is the __________ to her father's fortune.
- Why does everyone expect the hero of the story to marry the ___________?
- A widow can often manage much better on her own than a _____________.
- A _____________ won the award for most sales this month; a salesman came second.
- When you look at fish, it's often difficult to distinguish between male and _________.
- Very few people know the names of the kings and __________ of England.
- I took a photo of the bride and __________ at the wedding.
- The Smiths have a son called Robert and a ___________ called Jill.
- My uncle and __________ are over here from Canada.
- I enjoy being an uncle. I have two ___________ and three nephews.
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- sister
- uncle
- nephew
- bachelor, spinster
- nun
- cows
- people
- mare
- gilt
- ram
- actress
- waitress
- prince
- lionesses
- goddess
- heiress
- heroine
- widower
- saleswoman
- female
- queens
- bridegroom
- daughter
- aunt
- nieces































































































