Chap – 03, How Many? (Numbers) , Class III, English Practice Book, DAV Board, The Best Solutions.

Worksheet I

How Many? (Numbers)

1. Look at the following pictures.

one boy        three boys

one bird        five birds

one egg         seven eggs

one ship        two ships

one clock      four clocks

2. Count the things in the following pictures and write in the space provided.
(a) three cats
(b) four balls
(c) six  stars
(d) three cards
(e) five girls
(f) six books
(g) one bouquet
(h) two toys
(i) five trees

Worksheet II

1. Look at the following words (examples implied).

One tomato  five tomatoes

One watch  two watches

One bush two bushes

One glass  three glasses

One box  four boxes

Remember: We add “-es” to some naming words to change them into plural.

2. Add ‘-es’ to the following naming words to make them more than one.
   (a) bus → buses
   (b) class → classes
   (c) match → matches
   (d) mango → mangoes
   (e) hero → heroes
   (f) potato → potatoes
   (g) mosquito → mosquitoes
   (h) dish → dishes
   (i) box → boxes
   (j) church → churches

Remember: For words ending in “-o,” “-s,” “-x,” “-ch,” “-sh,” or “-ss,” we usually add “-es.”

3. Read the words given below and put them in the appropriate boxes. One example is given for you..

Words: key, baby, family, fairy, monkey, day

4. Now read the following:

baby – babies

keys – key

5. Add ‘-s’ or change ‘-y’ to ‘-ies’ to make the following words more than one.
   (a) trophy → trophies
   (b) story → stories
   (c) body → bodies
   (d) tray → trays
   (e) storey → storeys
   (f) day → days
   (g) city → cities
   (h) family → families
   (i) fairy → fairies
   (j) boy → boys
   (k) country → countries
   (l) donkey → donkeys

Note: “-ies” is used when a consonant precedes “-y” (e.g., story, city); “-s” is used when a vowel precedes “-y” (e.g., tray, boy) or for exceptions like “storey.”

Worksheet III

1. Change the following words into many by changing ‘-f’ or ‘-fe’ into ‘-ves’ as shown in the examples.

(a) life → lives
(b) leaf → leaves
(c) wife → wives
(d) thief → thieves
(e) loaf → loaves
(f) wolf → wolves
(g) knife → knives
(h) half → halves

Remember: Some words change “-f” or “-fe” to “-ves” for plurals.

2. Sometimes we change the vowel sound of a naming word to change it into more than one. Example,

tooth – teeth

man  – men

(a) foot → feet
(b) woman → women
(c) goose → geese
(d) mouse → mice

Note: These are irregular plurals with vowel changes.

3. Some naming words do not follow any regular changing patterns for conversion into plurals (more than one). A few examples are given below:

child → children

ox → oxen

(No additional words to convert, but the concept is noted.)

Do It Yourself

1. Pick out the errors in the following sentences. One example is given for you. Pick out the errors in the following sentences.
   (a) The painter had many brush in his kit.

brushes
(b) My neighbour has two pet, a cat and a monkey.

pets
(c) My mother gifted me a new bicycles on my birthday.

bicycle
(d) The girl had three balloon and a toyes.

balloons, toys
(e) The hunters was surrounded by many wolf.

wolves
(f) I went to the market and bought some vegetable and a loaves of bread. vegetables, loaves
(g) The students and their family were invited for the Annual day function. families

Note: Errors include missing “-s” or “-es” for plurals and incorrect singular forms.

2. Tick (✔) the correct word. One example is given for you..
   (a) louse – lice/louses ✓ lice
   (b) buffalo – buffalos/buffaloes ✓ buffaloes
   (c) echo – echos/echoes ✓ echoes
   (d) ray – rays/raies                        ✓ rays
   (e) hen – hens/henes                   ✓ hens
   (f) goat – goats/goates                 ✓ goats
   (g) shelf – shelfs/shelves              ✓ shelves
   (h) cherry – cherries/cherrys      ✓ cherries

Note: Correct plurals follow the rules: “-es” for words ending in “-o,” “-f” to “-ves,” or irregular forms; “-s” for regular nouns.