A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea.
A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example:
1. I am a student.
2. I am a boy.
3. I am a painter.
4. I am happy.
Example:
1. He is my best friend.
2. Ayush is an intelligent boy.
3. It is a cat.
4. She is beautiful.
Example:
1. You are great.
2. Boys are playing in the park.
3. They are watching movie.
1. He _________ writing a story.
2. She _________ cooking dinner.
3. We _________ playing.
4. I am _________ singer.
5. The birds _________ flying in the sky.
6. We _________ waiting for him.
7. Where _________ she going?
8. I _________ busy today.
9. How _________ you?
10. These baskets _________ red.
11. Those bags _________ theirs.
12. The bus _________ late.
1. How old _________ you?
2. It _________ sunny today.
3. You _________ a smart boy.
4. How thick _________ this notebook?
5. There _________ twelve months in a year.
6. This pencil _________ mine.
7. Dia _________ a teacher.
8. Tia _________ my sister.
9. You _________ my best friend.
10. Tom _________ very naughty.
11. They _________ playing.
12. She _________ watching a cartoon film.
13. My brother _________ a doctor.
Example:
- a boy,
- a girl,
- a notebook,
- a pencil,
- a tree,
- a football,
- a story
and so on.
A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example:
- boys,
- girls,
- notebooks,
- pencils,
- trees,
- footballs,
- stories
and so on.
Use of ‘Am’
Use ‘Am’ with the first person pronoun I.Example:
1. I am a student.
2. I am a boy.
3. I am a painter.
4. I am happy.
Use of ‘is’
Use ‘is’ when the subject is a singular noun or a third person singular pronoun i.e. he, she and it.Example:
1. He is my best friend.
2. Ayush is an intelligent boy.
3. It is a cat.
4. She is beautiful.
Use of ‘are’
Use ‘are’ when the subject is a plural noun or plural pronoun i.e. they, you, we.Example:
1. You are great.
2. Boys are playing in the park.
3. They are watching movie.
4. We are children.
Practice Exercise
QA) Put ‘am’, ‘is’, or ‘are’ in the following sentences.1. He _________ writing a story.
2. She _________ cooking dinner.
3. We _________ playing.
4. I am _________ singer.
5. The birds _________ flying in the sky.
6. We _________ waiting for him.
7. Where _________ she going?
8. I _________ busy today.
9. How _________ you?
10. These baskets _________ red.
11. Those bags _________ theirs.
12. The bus _________ late.
13. I _________ six years old.
QB) Put ‘am’, ‘is’, or ‘are’ in the following sentences.
1. How old _________ you?
2. It _________ sunny today.
3. You _________ a smart boy.
4. How thick _________ this notebook?
5. There _________ twelve months in a year.
6. This pencil _________ mine.
7. Dia _________ a teacher.
8. Tia _________ my sister.
9. You _________ my best friend.
10. Tom _________ very naughty.
11. They _________ playing.
12. She _________ watching a cartoon film.
13. My brother _________ a doctor.