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Noun
• A noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, place, a thing, or an feeling.
Examples:• Persons: teacher, harry, mother
• Places: school, hospital, mall
• Things: lamp, book, desk
• Feeling: weep, courage, freedom
Types of Nouns
1. Common nouns are nouns that name anything that is shared by every person or thing of the same class.
- Examples:• Person : president
• Place : country
• Thing : movie
• Feeling : religion• Ex.- In our school boys and girls read
together.
2. Proper nouns name a particular person, place, thing, or idea and begin with a capital letter.
Examples:Person: Mr. MeddlePlace: United States of AmericaThing: BagFeeling: BeliefEx.- Mr. Meddle live in
Washington.
3. Collective nouns are nouns that a group or collection of things of the same kind.
Examples:• Class• Library• Sheets• Ex.- Bring that sheets.
4. Abstract nouns name an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic.
- Examples:
• love
• fun
• wisdom
• Hinduism• Ex.- There is too much fun.
Singular and Plural Nouns
1. When a noun means one only, it is singular.
Examples: boy, girl, book, church, box
The plural of nouns is usually formed by adding s
to a singular noun.
Examples: lamp, lamps; cat, cats; fork, forks;
flower, flowers; pen, pens
2. Nouns ending in s, z, x, sh, and ch form the plural by adding es.
Examples: moss, mosses; dish, dishes;
church, churches; box, boxes
3. Nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant are formed into a plural by changing y to ies.
Examples: lady, ladies; city, cities; army, armies
4. Nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding s.
Examples: boy, boys; day, days
5. Most nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant are formed into a plural by adding es.
Examples: hero, heroes; grotto, grottoes
Examples: solo, piano, albino, lasso
Although some may add s or es
6.Some nouns ending in f or fe are made plural by changing f or fe to ves.
Examples: leaf, leaves; wife, wives; half,
halves; life, lives
7. Exceptions: Some nouns ending in f or feform their plurals by adding s.
Examples: chief, chiefs; roof, roofs; safe,
safes
• There are some Nouns that change their complete form in plurals such as:
man, menwoman, womenox, oxenmouse, micegoose, geese
• If compound nouns are plural, form the plural with the first word.
Examples:
Singular Plural
daughter-in-law daughters-in-law
runner-up runners-up
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