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NOUNS

 

  • Common nouns

Name general things, places or ideas

Ex: house, belt, hospital, happiness.

  • Proper nouns

Name specific persons, places or organizations

Ex: Colombia, Juan Pablo.

     Capitalize the first letter in a proper noun

  • Concrete nouns

Name something material and non-abstract

Ex: chair, house.

  • Abstract nouns

Name something immaterial, feelings, ideas

Ex: compassion, honesty.

 

           COUNT                               NON-COUNT

Anything that can be counted

  

             +       

 

         Two books

Anything that can NOT be counted

 

                                  

                     +  

  • Countable nouns are singular or plural:

           Book - Books

  • Take the "S" to form the plural

  • Count nouns take numbers:          Two books

  • Count nouns can take the article:

           A book

           An orange

 

 

  • Non-count nouns generally cannot be pluralized:   Waters

  • Don't take numbers:

      One water

  • Don't take the article "a, an"

       A water

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  • Most nouns create their plural just by adding "S"

Ex: Table - Tables

     Car   - Cars

 

  • Nouns ending in -ch, -sh, -x, -s  add "ES"

Ex: Church - Churches

     Lash   - Lashes

     Box    - Boxes

     Bus    - Buses

 

  • If the noun ends in consonant plus -y, change "Y" to "ies"

Ex: Berry - Berries

     Dictionary - Dictionaries

 

  • If the noun ends in vowel plus -y, just add "es"

Ex: Toy - Toys

     Boy - Boys

 

  • If the noun ends in a consonant or a single vowel plus -f or -fe, change the -f or -fe to "ves"

Ex: Wife - Wives   Wolf - Wolves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IRREGULAR PLURALS

SINGULAR

WOMAN

MAN

TOOTH

FOOT

PERSON

MOUSE

CHILD

GOOSE

 

PLURAL

WOMEN

MEN

TEETH

FEET

PEOPLE

MICE

CHILDREN

GEESE

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