there are many different types of nouns. they are common nouns, collective nouns, proper nouns,...
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There are many different types of nouns. They are common nouns, collective nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, concrete nouns, pronouns, compound nouns, animate
nouns, inanimate nouns, singular nouns, plural nouns and countable nouns.
NOUNSEven collective nouns can be plural.
Nouns can be singular or plural.
PLURAL NOUNSNouns name people, places or things.
A plural nouns shows that there is more than one of the nouns.
singular – bus
plural –buses (more than one bus)
Nouns ending in 'i‘Nouns ending in 'o'
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Some plural nouns can be made by adding ‘s’ or ‘es’
Nouns that end in consonants NOT ‘y’
Most you simply add ‘s’
dog/dogsgirls/girls
Those that end in ‘s’, ‘sh’, ‘ch’ ‘z’, ‘zz’ or ‘x’Add ‘es’
bus/busesbush/busheschurch/churchesfox/foxes
Some plural nouns can be made by adding ‘s’ or ‘es’
Nouns that end in ‘y’
If it ends in a consonant and then ‘y’
Change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’
Fairy/fairiesCity/cities
If it ends in a vowel(a, e, i, o, u) and then ‘y’
Add ‘s’
monkey,/monkeysToy/toys
Some plural nouns can be made by adding ‘s’ or ‘es’
Nouns that end in ‘f’Some you simply add ‘s’
Roof/roofsChief/chiefs
Some you change to ‘v’ and add ‘es’
Loaf/loavesLeaf/leaves
Some you can do either!
dwarf - dwarfs or dwarveshoof - hoofs or hoovesscarf - scarfs or scarvesstaff - staffs or staveswharf - wharfs or wharves
Some nouns change their vowels in the middle of the singular form when forming the plural •foot - feet•louse - lice•man - men•mouse - mice•tooth - teeth•woman - women
Compounds of words man and woman form plurals the same way:•mailman - mailmen
Words that contain the syllable "man" such as in the word human form the plural by adding the letter s as with most plurals
Several nouns form the plural by adding the letters en:•child - children•ox - oxen
Some words with descriptive adjectives and hyphens form the plural by adding the correct affix to the noun portion of the word.•father-in-law - fathers-in law•mother-in-law - mothers-in-law
There are a number of animals that have the same singular and plural form:•bison - bison •deer - deer
There are also some animal names that form the plural the same as the singular or use the s or es form:•antelope - antelope or antelopes•cod - cod or cods•elk - elk or elks•fish - fish or fishes•reindeer - reindeer or reindeers•salmon - salmon or salmons•shrimp - shrimp or shrimps•trout - trout or trouts
IRREGULARPLURALNOUNS
POSSESSIVE NOUNSNouns name people, places or things.
Possessive nouns show that something is owned or possessed. Possessive nouns most often are paired with nouns. The possessive form of a noun is formed
by adding an apostrophe (') or an apostrophe and s ('s).
These are the questions you need to ask yourself:
ABSTRACT NOUNSNouns name people, places or things.
An abstract noun is the name of something that can’t be recognised by the five senses – you can’t touch, taste, hear, smell or see it – it can only be recognised by the
mind.
Can you identify the abstract nouns in this paragraph?
How many did you find?
6
There was a lot of excitement at the school. The idea that they were going to havea holiday brought delight to the boys. You could hear laughter and fun coming fromthe playground as their friendships grew stronger.
There was a lot of excitement at the school. The idea that they were going to havea holiday brought delight to the boys. You could hear laughter and fun coming fromthe playground as their friendships grew stronger.