Question

Fill in the blank with the singular form of the noun given in the bracket-
The (oxen) _______ is pulling the cart.
a) Ox
b) Oxoi
c) Oxa
d) Oxan

Answer 1

Hint: A noun is a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things ( common noun ), or to name a particular one of these ( proper noun ).

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to fill in the given blank with the singular form of the plural noun ‘oxen', given in the bracket. It is the plural form of ‘ox' which means – a castrated bull used as a draught animal. When a noun indicates one only, it is a singular noun. When a noun indicates more than one, it is plural.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is Ox. It is the correct answer as the singular form of ‘oxen’ is none other than an ‘ox' itself. It will fit in the given blank correctly.
Option ‘b’ is Oxoi. It is not a word and has no meaning. This word doesn’t exist in the dictionary.
Option ‘c’ is Oxa. It is not the correct answer as this word has no meaning and doesn’t exist in the dictionary.
Option ‘d’ is Oxan. It is also an incorrect option as it doesn’t exist, and has no meaning.
The correct singular for the word ‘oxen’ is ‘ox’. The complete sentence would be – The ox is pulling the cart. Hence, option ‘a’ is the correct option.

Note:
 The Singular and Plural forms of nouns are important not only because we need to talk about one and many. They are important also because of subject-verb agreement, where the verb in a sentence depends on the grammatical number of the noun in the subject of the sentence.