WHAT IS NOUN ?
NOUNS
Common Noun (names of things) Proper Noun (always start with capital lettername given to a person, animal, place or thing)
EXAMPLE
glass, cup, candle, box, pail
Collective Noun (names of a number of persons, animal a gang of thieves, an army of soldiers, a or things grouped together or spoken swarm of bees, a loaf of breed, a brunch of as a whole) bananas Abstract Noun (names of qualities, feelings or ideas)
COUNTABLE NOUN
COUNTABLE NOUN
Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "pen". - We can count pens. - We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns: - dog, cat, animal, man, person - bottle, box, car -table, chair, suitcase, bag
COUNTABLE NOUNS
Examples of countable nouns singular plural apple apples
pineapple
cucumber
pineapples
cucumbers strawberries grapes
strawberry grape
COUNTABLE NOUNS 1
We add -es to most nouns in -o: tomato tomatoes potato potatoes
But we just add -s to:
radio
radios
photo
photos
COUNTABLE NOUN 2
A book A few pencils Several ducks Plenty of chairs A large number of birds An apple Many boys Some pictures A lot of flower Any matches
UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
A little rice Any milk Plenty of water Much money
A great deal of sugar A lot of dust A great amount of dust Some porridge
REMINDER
a, an , a few and many cannot be used with uncountable noun a little and much cannot be used with countable noun
Rule #1
The plural of nouns is usually formed by adding - s to a singular noun. lamp lamps cat cats fork forks flower flowers pen pens
Rule #2
Nouns ending in s, z, x, sh, and ch form the plural by adding - es. moss mosses buzz buzzes box boxes dish dishes church churches
Rule #3
Nouns ending in - y preceded by a consonant is formed into a plural by changing - y to - ies. lady city army ladies cities armies
Rule #4
Nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding - s. boy day boys days
Rule #5
Most nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant is formed into a plural by adding es. Buffalo Hero Potato Mosquito Tomato buffaloes heroes potatoes mosquitoes tomatoes
Rule #6
Some nouns ending in f or fe are made plural by changing f or fe to - ves. self selves leaf leaves wolf wolves Knife knives thief thieves
IRREGULAR PLURAL
man, men mouse, mice tooth, teeth ox, oxen foot, feet woman, women child, children goose, geese
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