noun and its rules

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NOUN



• Noun is also known as “NAMING WORDS”.

• Used to name a :

Person

Place thing

quality

or action

• can function as the subject or object of a

verb, the object of a preposition



NOUNS EXAMPLE

Common Noun(names of things) glass, cup, candle, box, pail

Proper Noun

(always start with capital letter-

name given to a person, animal, placeor thing)

National Zoo, Aminah , January, Teusday

Collective Noun

(names of a number of persons, animal

or things grouped together or spoken

as a whole)

a gang of thieves, an army of soldiers, a

swarm of bees, a loaf of breed, a brunch of

bananas

Abstract Noun

(names of qualities, feelings or ideas) choice, truth, bravery, failure, freedom, love



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 nounssingular plural

apple apples

pineapple pineapples cucumber cucumbers strawberry strawberries grape grapes



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

* These are that Is used along with countable noun.



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 dustSome porridge

* These are that Is used along with uncountable noun.



a, an , a few and many cannot be used withuncountable noun

a little and much cannot be used with

countable noun

REMINDER



SINGULAR

AND

PLURAL



SINGULAR AND PLURAL

Singular Noun Definition:

When a noun means one only, it is said to besingular.

Examples: boy, girl, book, church, box

Plural Noun Definition:

When a noun means more than one, it is said tobe plural.

Examples: boys, girls, books, churches



Rule #1

• The plural of nouns is usually formed by

adding - s to a singular noun.

lamp lamps

cat cats

fork forks

flower flowerspen 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 disheschurch churches



Rule #3

• Nouns ending in - y preceded by a consonant

is formed into a plural by changing - y to - ies.

lady ladies

city cities

army armies



Rule #4

• Nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel form

their plurals by adding - s.

boy boys

day days



Rule #5

•

Most nouns ending in o preceded by aconsonant is formed into a plural by addinges.

Buffalo buffaloes

Hero heroes

Potato potatoes

Mosquito mosquitoes

Tomato 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 knivesthief thieves



IRREGULAR PLURAL

man, men

mouse, mice

tooth, teethox, oxen

foot, feet

woman, women

child, childrengoose, geese



There are nouns that have no

singular:

Example :

oats

scissors

trouserscattle



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