Test: Singular and Plural - 1 - Primary 2 MCQ

• A plural noun indicates that there is more than one of that noun (while a singular noun indicates that there is just one of the noun).
• There are some compound nouns in which the pluralization comes before the first hyphen if there is one.
  • Example: The plural form of the Brother-in-law is Brothers-in-law.
• Hence, the plural of 'Commander-in-chief' is 'Commanders-in-chief'.
• Therefore, the correct answer is 'Commanders-in-chief'.

The plural of words ending with a consonant is made by adding 's' at the end of the words in the singular form.

• For words ending with -f, to make plural we change '-f' to 'v' and add '-es.'
• Shelf is a flat length of wood or other rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects.
• The plural of 'shelf' is 'shelves.'
• Words that follow the same pattern are 'wife' and 'knife.'
• Hence, the correct answer is 'shelves.'

• 'When you congratulate someone on something, you give them your good wishes because something special or pleasant has happened to them.
  • For example, I'd like to congratulate you on your marriage.'
• 'Congratulate' is a verb form used in the present tense with 'I/you/we/they'.
• 'Congratulates' is a verb form used in the present tense with 'he/she/it'.
• 'Congratulated' is a verb form used in the past tense. 
• 'Congratulating' is a present participle used in the present continuous tense.
• 'Congratulation' is a noun form. 
• Therefore, from the given explanation, we can understand that option C is the correct answer. 

• Some words are made plural by adding a suffix 'en', 'er', 'es', 'ren', etc.
• For e.g.- Children, Biases, Quizzes, Women, etc
• The word that can be made plural by adding a suffix ‘en’ is 'Ox' which becomes 'Oxen'. 
• The plural of the following words are:
  • Box- 'boxes'
  • Tax-'Taxes'
  • Max -'Maxes' 

Let's look at the following points- 

• There are certain Noun which looks like Plural but there are actually in the Singular form and followed by Singular form of Verb
• List of such Nouns are- Statics, Ethics, News, Politics, Economics, Measles, Mumps, Innings, Billiards, Darts, etc.

• Alumnus is a singular noun that refers to a male graduate or former student of a school, college, or university.


• The correct plural form of Alumnus is Alumni.


• Alumni is the plural form used to refer to a group of male graduates or former students.


• Alumnae is the plural form used to refer to a group of female graduates or former students.


• Alumna is the singular form used to refer to a female graduate or former student.


• Alumus is not a correct plural form of Alumnus.

• A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea, while a plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
• Noun 'medium' means 'a method or way of expressing something'.
  • Ex: They told the story through the medium of dance.
• Plural form of medium is 'media'
  • Ex: The Spanish media were still sniping at the British press yesterday.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1).

• A noun is a word that is the name of a thing, an idea, a place or a person.
• It can be classified as:
  • Singular: one. 
  • Plural: more than one. 
• In compound nouns like 'daughter-in-law', the main noun is 'daughter' and thus, the plural form will be made by changing the form of 'daughter' only. 
• The plural of 'daughter' is 'daughters'. 
• So, the plural of 'daughter-in-law' is 'daughters-in-law'. 

• 'Hero' is 'a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.'
• The plural form for the word 'hero' would be 'hero + -es' i.e., heroes.
  • For example, The martyrs were the local heroes of particular communities. 
• Therefore, from the given explanation, we can understand that option B is the correct answer.