Nouns
Count and Non-Count Nouns
Count Nouns
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Count and Non-Count Nouns
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Irregular Plurals
1- Words with Two Acceptable Plural Forms
Singular | Plurals |
antenna | antennae | antennas |
apparatus | apparatus | apparatuses |
appendix | appendices | appendixes |
beau | beaux | beaus |
cactus | cacti | cactuses |
cargo | cargoes | cargos |
criterion | criteria | criterions |
curriculum | curricula | curriculumus |
formula | formulae | formulas |
fungus | fungi | funguses |
index | indices | indexes |
medium | media | mediums |
memorandum | memoranda | memorandums |
radius | radii | radiuses |
sanatorium | sanatoriums | sanatoria |
scarf | scarfs | scarves |
tornado | tornadoes | tornados |
vertebra | vertebrae | vertebras |
volcano | volcanoes | volcanos |
wharf | wharfs | wharves |
zero | zeroes | zeros |
2) Common Irregular Plurals
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
addendum | addenda | mosquito | mosquitoes |
alga | algae | nucleus | nuclei |
alumna | alumnae | oasis | oases |
alumnus | alumni | ox | oxen |
analysis | analyses | parenthesis | parentheses |
axis | axes | phenomenon | phenomena |
basis | bases | potato | potatoes |
bacterium | bacteria | psychosis | psychoses |
child | children | quiz | quizzes |
crisis | crises | self | selves |
datum | data | series | series |
deer | deer | sheep | sheep |
elf | elves | stimulus | stimuli |
foot | feet | terminus | termines |
goose | geese | thief | thieves |
hero | heroes | thesis | theses |
hypothesis | hypotheses | tomato | tomatoes |
leaf | leaves | tooth | teeth |
live | lives | wife | wife |
loaf | loaves | wolf | wolves |
louse | lice | woman | women |
mouse | mice | yourself | yourselves |
Count and Non- Count Nouns
Exercise-5.Identify the types of nouns underlined in the sentences below Count (C) – Non – Count (N).
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Exercise-1
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1. sand |
2. decision |
3. furniture |
4. ages |
5. accountancy |
6. electricity |
7. architecture |
8. soap |
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1- sand – sands |
2- decision – decisions |
3- furniture – no change (furniture is an uncountable noun) |
4- ages – no change (ages is already plural) |
5-accountancy – no change (accountancy is an uncountable noun) |
6- electricity – no change (electricity is an uncountable noun) |
7- architecture – no change (architecture is an uncountable noun) |
8- soap – soaps |
Exercise-2
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1. She was extremely fond of cat, especially Siamese and Burmese ones. |
2. When making those cookies, you should use two cups of butters. |
3. Electricities is expensive these days. |
4. The populations of that town is very diverse. |
5. She was concerned about delivery of her furnitures. |
6. The interviewer was not empressed with Maria’s honesties on her application. |
7. The American court system is known for its concept of blind justices. |
8. The recipe calles for one part of flour to two part of sugar. |
9. The city museum houses examples of works by artist of many different schools of painting. |
10. Drinking two glasses of milks every day will satisfy your need for calcium. |
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1.cats | 2.butter | 3.electricity | 4.population | 5.furniture |
6.honesty | 7.justice | 8.parts of sugar | 9.artists | 10.milk |
1- She was extremely fond of cat, especially Siamese and Burmese ones.– Incorrect: cat – Correct: cats 2- When making those cookies, you should use two cups of butters.– Incorrect: butters – Correct: butter 3- Electricities is expensive these days.– Incorrect: Electricities – Correct: Electricity 4- The populations of that town is very diverse.– Incorrect: populations – Correct: population 5- She was concerned about delivery of her furnitures.– Incorrect: furnitures – Correct: furniture 6- The interviewer was not empressed with Maria’s honesties on her application.– Incorrect: honesties – Correct: honesty 7- The American court system is known for its concept of blind justices.– Incorrect: justices – Correct: justice 8- The recipe calles for one part of flour to two part of sugar.– Incorrect: part – Correct: parts 9- The city museum houses examples of works by artist of many different schools of painting.– Incorrect: artist – Correct: artists 10- Drinking two glasses of milks every day will satisfy your need for calcium.– Incorrect: milks – Correct: milk |
Exercise-3Most of these sentences have a mistake in them. Write True (T) or False (F).
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Count and Non- Count Nouns |
Count and Non- Count Nouns
Count nouns
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Non-count nouns
Nouns |
Count and Non- Count Nouns
Do you think English grammar is confusing? Ever wonder why can we say “a dollar” but we can’t say “a money”? Why can we say “houses”, but not “furnitures”? In this class, you will learn the grammar rules about countable and uncountable nouns in English, including when to use “a” or “an”, when to add an “s” at the end of a noun to make it plural, and when you should NOT add an “s”. You will also learn about the difference between “much” and “many”… |
Common mistakes in the use of nouns In this lesson, we will take a look at some common mistakes in the use of nouns.
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Abstract nouns |
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An abstract noun is the name of a quality, action or state. Abstract nouns refer to ideas that we cannot see or touch. | ||||||||||||
Examples are given below. | ||||||||||||
Quality – goodness, kindness, beauty, intelligence, generosity, cleverness, obedience, honesty, brightness, wisdom, bravery, courage, hardness, softness | ||||||||||||
Action – laughter, theft, movement, judgment | ||||||||||||
State – childhood, boyhood, manhood, youth, slavery, sickness, poverty, death, sleep | ||||||||||||
The names of the arts and science are also abstract nouns. Examples are: physics, chemistry, grammar, music | ||||||||||||
Abstract nouns can be formed from adjectives, verbs and common nouns.
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Exercise Form abstract nouns from the following adjectives.
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