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2. Imagine yourself in Athena’s position as a goddess. What would you have done?
Would you want to teach Arachne a lesson? Why or why not?

Vocabulary

A. Consult a dic onary and fi nd another word that has the same meaning for

each of the following words.

1. boast ______________ 2. pity ______________

3. contest ______________ 4. nimble ______________

5. enchanting ______________ 6. cloak ______________

Regular and Irregular Nouns

Read the following nouns and their plurals.

garden – gardens glass – glasses

castle – castles bus – buses

spider – spiders dish – dishes
We usually add -s or -es to singular nouns to form their plurals. Such nouns are called

regular nouns. However, there are some nouns that do not follow this rule to form their
plurals. Look at the examples given below:

woman – women calf – calves
tooth – teeth ox – oxen

sheep – sheep louse – lice

These nouns do not follow a particular pattern to form their plurals. In other words, they
form their plurals in irregular ways. They are called irregular nouns.

B. Write the plural forms of the following nouns in the blanks. Write RN for
regular nouns and IN for irregular nouns in the boxes.

1. thief : __________________

2. mouse : __________________

3. goose : __________________

4. elf : __________________

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