A noun names a person, place, thing,
or idea.
Usually, the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. As babies learn "mom," "dad," or "milk" as their first word, nouns should be the first topic when you study a foreign language.
For the plural form of most nouns, add s.
bottle –
bottlesUsually, the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. As babies learn "mom," "dad," or "milk" as their first word, nouns should be the first topic when you study a foreign language.
For the plural form of most nouns, add s.
cup – cups
pencil – pencils
desk – desks
sticker – stickers
window – windows
For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s
sounds, add es.
box –
boxeswatch – watches
moss – mosses
bus – buses
For nouns ending in f or fe, change
f to v and add es.
wolf –
wolveswife – wives
leaf – leaves
life – lives
Some nouns have different plural
forms.
child –
childrenwoman – women
man – men
mouse – mice
goose – geese
Nouns ending in vowels like y or o
do not have definite rules.
baby –
babiestoy – toys
kidney – kidneys
potato – potatoes
memo – memos
stereo – stereos
A few nouns have the same singular
and plural forms.
sheep –
sheepdeer – deer
series – series
Quiz 1
Choose the correct form of the noun in each sentence.
1) There are five (man, men) and one (woman, women).
2) I put two big (potato, potatoes) in the lunch box.
3) A few men wear (watch, watches).
4) I put a (memo, memos) on the desk.
5) There are few (bus, buses) on the road today.
Choose the correct form of the noun in each sentence.
1) There are five (man, men) and one (woman, women).
2) I put two big (potato, potatoes) in the lunch box.
3) A few men wear (watch, watches).
4) I put a (memo, memos) on the desk.
5) There are few (bus, buses) on the road today.
Pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Pronouns can be
in one of three cases: Subject, Object, or Possessive.
Example:
Do you have a guitar?
Jean is talking to me.
He gave her girlfriend
a flower.
I worked myself to the bone.
Quiz
2
From the choices provided after each sentence select a
word that would correctly complete the sentence.
Among the Iroquois, everyone prepared ____________ (himself/herself,
themselves) carefully for
the gathering ceremonies.
According to Alvina and ____________ (he, him), this is the best math course
you'll ever take.
Last week Raoul said that ____________ (we, us) first-year students don't need to
register yet.
The bus driver told me that he'd make change for you and ____________ (I, me) this time but
never again.
Probably the captain doesn't expect any of ____________ (they, them) to show up on a day like this.
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