VM – 407 : WR – Animal sounds

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1. an oxen bellows
2. calves bleat
3. birds chirp
4. bees buzz
5. cows moo
6. jackles howl
7. kangaroos chortle
8. rats squeak
9. pigeons coo
10. cats mew

VM – 406 : WR : Word type

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1. HIV is an abbreviation
2. AIDS is an acronym
3. device and devise are homophones
4. Bangalored is a toponym (means loss)
5. Sadism is an eponym ( eponyms are words derived from names of people)
6. Narcissist is an eponym
7. a noun is a part of speech
8. as busy as a bee is an idiom
9. an oxymoron is a figure of speech

VM – 405 :WR : Collective Nouns

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1. a pride of lions
2. a murder of crows
3. a congregation of worshipers
4. a patrol of policemen
5. a team of players
6. a galaxy of film stars
7. a band of robbers
8. a staff of teachers
9. a choir of singers

VM – 402:WR: Number

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1. sisters-in – law (compound nouns take the plural on the principle word)
2. criteria
3. software (the plural and the singular form of this word is the same)
4. spectacles (this word is used only in the plural form)
5. dozen (the singular and plural form of the word is the same)
6. indices
7. arms (the plural of arm that is arms also means weaponry)
8. advice (abstract nouns do not take a plural form)
9. furniture (being a collective noun it does not have a plural form)
10. chalk (being an uncountable noun there is no plural for this word ; though we can use pieces of chalk)

VM-401 (word relations : gender)

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1. peacock : peahen (f)
2. a bachelor : a spinster (f)
3. cock : hen (f)
4. cow : bull (m)
5. sultan (m) : sultana
6. tom cat : tabby cat (f)
7. monk (m) : nun
8. nephew (m) : niece
9. dog : bitch (f)
10. land lord (m) : land lady