🔑 NOUNS: Practice Exercises Answer Guide

Use this guide to verify your answers for the expanded Noun chapter exercises.

Exercise 1: Name the Type and Countability

• 1. herd → Collective / Countable [ C ]
• 2. car → Common / Countable [ C ]
• 3. Taj Mahal → Proper / Countable [ C ]
• 4. victory → Abstract / Uncountable [ U ]
• 5. gold → Material / Uncountable [ U ]
• 6. sorrow → Abstract / Uncountable [ U ]
• 7. crowd → Collective / Countable [ C ]
• 8. water → Material / Uncountable [ U ]
• 9. dust → Material / Uncountable [ U ]
• 10. team → Collective / Countable [ C ]

Exercise 2: Possessive Case Case Study

• 1. My uncle + bike = My uncle's bike
• 2. Arun + house = Arun's house
• 3. Women + hostel = Women's hostel (Plural but doesn't end in s)
• 4. Children + park = Children's park
• 5. Germany + defeat = Germany's defeat (or The defeat of Germany)
• 6. Building + main gate = The main gate of the building (Use "of" for non-living objects)
• 7. Shubhankar + tragedy = Shubhankar's tragedy
• 8. Soldiers + honour = Soldiers' honour (Plural ending in s, add apostrophe only)
• 9. Denis + bag = Denis' bag (Hissing sound, add apostrophe only)
• 10. Table + legs = The legs of the table (Use "of" for non-living objects)

Exercise 3: Match the Correct Genders

• 1. Horse — Mare
• 2. Lion — Lioness
• 3. Tiger — Tigress
• 4. Cock — Hen
• 5. Peacock — Peahen
• 6. Colt — Filly
• 7. Landlord — Landlady
• 8. Bachelor — Spinster / Bachelorette
• 9. Monk — Nun
• 10. Lad — Lass
• 11. Fox — Vixen
• 12. Emperor — Empress
• 13. Duke — Duchess
• 14. Hero — Heroine

Exercise 4: Context Fill-in (Special Singular/Plural Meanings)

• 1. The wild animals ran freely through the thick, green woods. (woods = forest)
• 2. Ships navigate carefully through the deep waters of the Atlantic. (waters = ocean)
• 3. Steel is a highly durable and strong iron. (iron = metal)
• 4. The captured criminal was brought to court in heavy irons. (irons = chains)
• 5. The doctor advised the patient to take the prescribed medicine powders. (powders = doses of medicine)
• 6. The table was covered with a thin layer of white powder after the drilling. (powder = fine dust)

Exercise 5: Edit and Correct the Noun Singular/Plural Errors

• 1. And whose gorgeous eye were golden. → eyes (needs to be plural to match "were")
• 2. It was grazing peacefully with a flock of sheeps. → sheep (sheep remains "sheep" in plural)
• 3. And it was occasionally neighing out with happily. → happiness (change the adverb to an abstract noun)
• 4. The horse belonged to the near girls's hostel manager. → girls' (plural possessive ending in s takes an apostrophe only)
• 5. The scenic sceneries of the valley... → scenery (scenery is always uncountable/singular)
• 6. The tailor misplaced his favorite pair of sharp scissor. → scissors (always plural)
• 7. A massive herd of wild deers dashed past... → deer (deer remains "deer" in plural)
• 8. ...demanded that their monthly wage be increased. → wages (commonly used as plural for earnings)
• 9. Mathematics are a subject requiring... → is (academic subjects ending in s take a singular verb)
• 10. The field kitchen used old wooden boxs... → boxes (proper plural spelling)