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PART II |
LESSON – 01 |
THE SINGULAR AND PLURAL |
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Singular |
Meaning |
Plural |
Meaning |
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movement |
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movements |
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goat |
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goats |
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sweet |
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sweets |
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tiller |
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tillers |
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letter |
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letters (of the alphabet) |
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sight/show/
performance |
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sights/shows/performances |
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girl |
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girls |
(impolite form)
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boy |
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(polite form)
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boy |
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boys |
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son |
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sons |
(impolite form)
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student |
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Table 1.1 continued |
Singular |
Meaning |
Plural |
Meaning |
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student |
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students |
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use |
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uses |
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mouth |
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mouths |
Singular |
Meaning |
Plural |
Meaning |
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fly |
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flies |
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flower |
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flowers |
Singular |
Meaning |
Plural |
Meaning |
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hand |
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hands |
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bag |
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bags |
Singular |
Meaning |
Plural |
Meaning |
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place |
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places |
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boat |
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boats |
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picture |
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pictures |
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monastery |
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monasterys |
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tree |
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trees |
Singular |
Meaning |
Plural |
Meaning |
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cow |
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cows |
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pen |
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pens |
Singular |
Meaning |
Plural |
Meaning |
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stone |
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stones |
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word |
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words |
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tooth |
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teeth |
Singular |
Plural |
Our President is a Tamil / Tamilian. |
Tamils have settled in many countries.
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He is a learned man. |
Learned men should respect others. |
My grandpa is an old man. |
Old people live in old-age homes. |
Appar was a Nayanmar.
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Nayanmars lived in Tamilnadu.
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