6 ශ්රේණිය English · Unit 14 · Language
Nouns: Plurals, Gender and Young Ones
එක (one) සහ බොහෝ (many), පුරුෂ (male) සහ ස්ත්රී (female) නාම පද, සතුන්ගේ පැටවුන්ගේ නම්.
මේ පාඩමෙන් 1form plurals with -s, -es, -ies, -en and vowel change
මේ පාඩමෙන් 2match masculine and feminine nouns
මේ පාඩමෙන් 3name the young ones of animals
1Plurals
- Add -s: book → books, tree → trees
- Add -es after s, sh, ch, x, o: bus → buses, dish → dishes, box → boxes, mango → mangoes
- Consonant + y → -ies: baby → babies, city → cities
- -en: child → children, ox → oxen
- Vowel change: man → men, woman → women, foot → feet, tooth → teeth, mouse → mice
Some nouns do not change: sheep → sheep, deer → deer, fish → fish.
2Masculine and feminine
- boy → girl, man → woman, father → mother
- king → queen, prince → princess, actor → actress
- uncle → aunt, nephew → niece, monk → nun, hero → heroine
- lion → lioness, tiger → tigress, cock → hen
3Young ones of animals
- cat → kitten, dog → puppy, cow / elephant → calf
- lion / tiger / bear → cub, goat → kid, horse → foal
- duck → duckling, hen → chick, frog → tadpole / froglet, pig → piglet
උදාහරණය: Complete: "The elephant and her ___ were bathing in the river."
පිළිතුර: calf. A baby elephant is a calf.
පිළිතුර: calf. A baby elephant is a calf.
✏️ උත්සාහ කරමු
The plural of "box" is ...
The feminine of "king" is ...
A young dog is a ...
🔑 අලුත් වචන (කාඩ්පත ඔබන්න)
📝 සාරාංශය
- Plurals: -s, -es, -ies, -en, or a vowel change.
- Some nouns stay the same: sheep, deer, fish.
- Masculine / feminine pairs: king / queen, actor / actress, lion / lioness.
- Young ones: kitten, puppy, calf, cub, duckling.
ඊළඟට: මේ පාඩමේ ප්රශ්න විචාරය කරලා ඔයා කොච්චර ඉගෙන ගත්තද බලන්න.