[THREE TOPICS COMBINED]

(ALMOST ALL THE WORKSHEETS HAVE BEEN DONE IN CLASS. GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM IN YO
UR WORKBOOKS.
Soft copy of some of the wor sheets is as follows.)
Common Errors
1. Put in the correct form of the plural.
Example: school - ________________
Answer: school
schools
1) des - __des s_____________
2) pencil -__pencils____________
3) bi e -- ___bi es____________
4) cat -____cats___________
5) invitation -__invitations____________
6) watch - ___watches___________
7) game - ___games___________
8) cage - ___cages___________
9) ca e - ____ca es__________
10) box -____boxes__________
II. Put in the correct form of the plural.
Example: car - _____________
Answer: car - cars
1) ox - ___oxen__________
2) roof - __roofs/rooves___________
3) syllabus - _syllabi/syllabuses____________
4) party - _parties_____
5) deer - _deer____________
6) phenomenon- __phenomena___________
7) thesis - ___theses__________
8) series - ___series_________
9) wife - __wives___________
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brother-in-law - ___brothers-in-law__________
life - __lives___________
family - __families___________
boy - __boys___________
house - __houses___________
city - ___cities__________
man - __men___________
child - __children___________
sandwich - __sandwiches___________
nurse - ____nurses_________
shelf - _shelves___________

III. Put in the correct form of the plural.

Example: box - ___
Answer: box - boxes
1) tomato - ___tomatoes__________
2) tooth - ___teeth__________
3) aircraft - _aircraft____________
4) logo - ___logos__________
5) mouse - ___mice__________
6) crisis - ___crises__________
7) passer-by - _passers-by____________
8) radius - ___radii__________
9) grown-up- __grown-ups___________
10) crossroads - __crossroads___________
XV Select the correct option:

1. Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator _is___ goin
g to have to ma e a
decision. (is/are)
2. __Is____ my boss or my sisters in the union going to win this grievance? (is/
are)
3. Some of the votes _seem_________ to have been miscounted.(seem/seems)
4. The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring _are____ more than j
ust a nuisance. (are/is)
5. Everyone selected to serve on this jury __has___ to be willing to give up a l
ot of time. (have/has)
6. A high percentage of the people __were_______ voting for the new school. (was
/were)
7. He seems to forget that there _are_________ things to be done before he can g
raduate. (is/are)
8. There __have_____ to be some people left in that town after yesterday's flood
. (have/has)
9. Some of the grain ____appears______ to be contaminated. (appear/appears)
10. Three-quarters of the students __are___ against the tuition hi e. (is/are)
XIII. Choose the correct option:
1: The rhythm of the pounding waves _is____ calming. (is/are)
2: All of the dogs in the neighborhood __were___ bar ing. (was/were)
3: A high tax, not to mention unemployment, _influences____ votes. (influence/in
fluences)
4: My friends and my mother _li e____ each other. (li es/li e)
5: The team and the band _were____ on the field. (was/were)
6: Building a good marriage and building a good log fire _are____ similar in man
y ways. (is/are)
7: John or Doris _writes____ to us regularly. (writes/write)
8: Either Patty or Tom _was____ as ed to lead the meeting. (was/were)
9: Neither Carol nor Ted _is____ excluded from the meeting. (is/are)
10: Neither the bas et nor the apples _were____ expensive. (was/were)
11: Neither the apples nor the bas et _was____ expensive. (was/were)
12: Either Maria or you _were____ late for class. (was/were)
13: Either you or Maria _was____ late for class. (was/were)
14: Hardest hit by the high temperatures and drought _were____ the farmers. (was
/were)
15: Neither of them _li es____ going to the show. (li e/li es)
16: Each of them _has____ a good seat. (has/have)
17: Everybody in the class _has____ tic ets. (has/have)
18: Every silver nife, for , and spoon _has____ to be counted. (has/have)
19: Each cat and each dog _has____ its own toy. (has/have)
20: The committee _is____ meeting today. (is/are)
21: Ten million gallons of oil _is____ a lot of oil. (is/are)
22: The jury _votes____ today. (vote/votes)
23: The number __is___ very small. (is/are)
24: A number of students _were____ absent. (was/were)
25: Ten million gallons of oil _were____ spilled. (was/were)
26: The majority of us _are____ in favor. (is/are)
27: Statistics _is____ an interesting subject. (is/are)
28: Statistics __are___ often misleading. (is/are)
29: The sheep _strays____ when the gate is left open. (stary/strays)
30: Sheep _stray____ when the gate is left open. (stary/strays)
XVI. Rectify the following:
1. The road becomes narrowest after three or four miles.
Error:__________narrower______________________________________________.
2. He's the young of his class.
Error:_________youngest_______________________________________________.
3. His homewor was badder than mine.

Error:__________worse______________________________________________.
4. It's the most bad film I've ever seen
Error:_____________worst___________________________________________.
5. He's the helpfullest of all the assistants.
Error:__________most helpfull______________________________________________.
6. I thin this shop is good than that one
Error:________better________________________________________________.
7. The restaurant is expensiver than the caf
Error:_________more expensive_______________________________________________.
8. The weather here is coldest than at home.
Error:__________colder______________________________________________.
9. Do you thin Ken is intelligent than Brian?
Error:___________more intelligent_____________________________________________.
10. Big cars are comfortablest than small ones.
Error:________more comfortable_____________________________________________.
11. Mary is the taller of the four girls
Error:_________tallest_______________________________________________.
12. He plays more good than everybody else in the team.
Error:__________better______________________________________________.
13. I will give you the big stea ; I am not very hungry.
Error:____________the biggest stea ____________________________________________.
14. I li e Mary and Alice, but I thin Mary is the most good of the two
Error:____________better____________________________________________.
15. The more I study, the little I learn
Error:______________the less__________________________________________.
XVII. Rectify the following:
1. A tribe of sailors has come for the party.
____crew of sailors__________________________________________________________
2. The costumer is as ing for a bas et of fruit.
_______________crate___________________________________________________
3. My father brought a bundle of bananas.
___comb/hand/bunch of bananas___________________________________
4. A group of robbers looted the ban yesterday.
________gang__________________________________________________________
5. The crops were destroyed by a pac of insects
____________cloud of insects________________________________________________
6. He fetched a stac of eggs from the poultry farm.
__clutch of eggs____________________________________________
7. The hunting party was attac ed by a herd of lions.
_________troop/pride_______________________________________________
8. I want a bundle of papers for my project.
_____ream of papers__________________________________________________
9. This play will be staged by a gang of actors from U raine.
__company of actors_____________________________________________________
10. A company of gypsies has come to live near my house these days.
_caravan of gypsies____________________________________________
11. A pile of wood got wet in the rain.
___stac /stoc of wood_______________________________
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GENDERS
Complete the table given below:
Name of the animal Male/Female
1. Bear He bear/She Bear
2. Cat Tom cat/Tabby cat
3. Cattle
4. Chic en
Coc erel/Pullet

5. Deer Buc /Doe

6. Dog Dog/Bitch
7. Elephant
He Elephant/She Elephant
8. Lion Lion/Lioness
9. Pig Boar/Sow
10. Pigeon
Coc Pigeon/Hen Pigeon
11. Swan
Cob/Pen
12. Tiger
Tiger/Tigress
13. Whale
Bull Whale/Cow Whale
14. Wolf
He wolf/She Wolf
15. Fox Fox/Vixen
Complete the table given below:
Female/Male
1. Fianc
Fiance
2. Witch
Wizard/Warloc
3. Jac Jenny
4. Mare Horse
5. Maidservant Manservant
6. Lord Lady
7. Lad Lass
8. Nun Mon
9. Daughter-in-law
Son-in-law
10. Bee Drone
11. Stag
Hind
12. Wife
Husband
13. King
Queen
14. Du e
Duchess
15. Boy Scout

Girl Guide

PLURAL COMPOUND WORDS

I. Ma e a suitable compound word that has the meaning given along with:
1. _up____beat = positive and enthusiastic
2. __out___law = to ma e something no longer legal
3. _under__estimate = thin or guess that the amount of something is smaller tha
n it really is
4. _on____shore = on the land rather than at sea t
5. down_____wind = in the direction in which the wind is blowing
6. above_____-board = fair and unconcealed
7. _in____accessible = difficult or impossible to reach or to get
8. _tele____genic = good-loo ing (on television)
9. _mega____byte = a unit of computer memory (equal to about 1 million bytes)
10. _hyper___sensitive = extremely physically sensitive to particular medicines,
lights etc.
11. _over/im____balance = lose your balance and fall
12. _sub____atomic = smaller than (or found in) an atom
13. _super__structure = a structure that is built on top of something
14. __be___hold = loo at or see somebody or something
15. _pre____carious = not safe or certain
16. __dis____affected = not loyal to your situation, organization, belief etc.
17. __ab___normal = not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to
a norm
18. __dis___qualify = ma e unfit or unsuitable, to outcast
19. _off____shore = Away from shore; away from land
20. _sub____terrain = Being or operating under the surface of the earth

BLENDING
I. Blend the following words to ma e one word:
1. Smo e + Fog = ____Smog__________________

2. Transfer + Resistor= _____Transistor_________________.

3. Dance + handle = _____Dandle_________________
4. Motor + Hotel = ___Motel___________________
5. Camera + recorder = ___Camcorder___________________
6. Escalate + elevator = ____Escalator__________________
7. Lithe + slimy = ____Slithy__________________
8. Wireless + Fidelity = ___Wi-fi___________________
9. Flimsy + miserable = ____Mimsy__________________
10. gallop + triumph= ___Galumph_____________________
2. The words given below have been formed as a result of blending. Can you separ
ate it into
its constituent words:
Brunch = ___Brea fast__________________ + ___Lunch_________________
Cheeseburger = _____Cheese________________ + _____Hamburger_______________
Electrocute = _______Electric_____________ + ___Execute_________________
Spor = ________Spoon_____________ + _____For _______________
Stagflation = ____Stagnation_________________ + ___Inflation_________________
Carjac ing = ___Car__________________ + ___Hijac ing_________________
Moc tail = ____Moc _________________ + ___Coc tail_________________
Breathalyzer = __Breath___________ + _____Analyzer_______________
faction = ___Fact__________ + _____Fiction_______________
flare = ____Flame_________ + ___Glare_________________
glimmer = ___Gleam__________ + ____Shimmer________________
infotainment = _information____________ + __entertainment__________________
moped = __motor___________ + _____pedal_______________
motorcade = __motor___________ + ____cavalcade________________
smash = ___smac __________ + __mash__________________
sportscast = ___sports__________ + __broadcast__________________
wor aholic = __wor ___________ + ____alcoholic________________
Information + Commercials = __Informercial____________________
Modulator + demodulator= ___Modem___________________
Binary + digit = ________Bit_______________