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A.  Write down the masculine gender of the following nouns.

                  1.  hostess         _______________                2.  princess        _______________

                  3.  countess        _______________                4.  lioness         _______________
                  5.  giantess        _______________                6.  witch           _______________

                  7.  mare            _______________                8.  empress         _______________

             B.  Write the feminine gender of the following nouns.
                  1.  buck            _______________                2.  murderer        _______________

                  3.  stag            _______________                4.  bachelor        _______________
                  5.  monk            _______________                6.  emperor         _______________

                  7.  groom           _______________                8.  porter          _______________

             C.  Here are a few nouns given below. Identify which of them are used as singular
                  and which as plural. Write in the blanks given below.
                  1.  scissors  ________________                     2.  children        ________________

                  3.  jeans      ________________                    4.  money           ________________
                  5.  shears  ________________                       6.  economics  ________________

                  7.  men        ________________                    8.  police          ________________

             D.  Write the plural forms of the following words.
                  1.  leaf       _______________                     2.  baby            _______________

                  3.  ox         _______________                     4.  loaf            _______________

                  5.  mango  _______________                         6.  tooth           _______________
                  7.  glass      _______________                     8.  fairy           _______________

             E.  Rewrite the following sentences by changing the number of the underlined nouns.

                  1.  A mouse was caught in a trap.
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                  2.  The woman is feeding her baby.
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                  3.  A doctor can be a man or woman.
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                  4.  The prince met the king in the court.

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