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Learning English

English may be a foreign
language, but we cannot deny
its importance in today’s
world. Don’t hesitate – speak
confidently and get over your
shyness.

NOUNS

Teaching formal grammar is something of a
challenge. It is
something which helps in acquiring the skill to
match grammar
vocabulary with the usage they have already
acquired.

The objective is to do away
with stiff traditional
definitions and introduce parts
of speech with simple
explanations

Today let us take on simple
definitions in grammar like nouns,
verbs, and adjectives. Many of you
might think or feel that you already
know about these, but will be
surprised to know that even simple
grammar keeps springing surprises
on us.

Let Us Take On Nouns …
To explain in simple words, a
noun is the name of a person,
animal, place or thing.

Nouns- Singular & Plural ….
There are some general rules for changing the
singular form of a noun to its plural form.
Eg: Common nouns. Pen(singular) –
Pens(plural)
Collective nouns. Army(singular) –
Armies(plural)
Proper, abstract & material nouns can have plural
forms when they are used as common nouns.
All of you must be aware that the most common
form of forming a plural by adding an “s” to the
noun.
Eg: Hand - Hands
House - Houses

Plural of the nouns ending in “x” “sh” or “ch” (a
hissing sound) is formed by adding “es” at the end.
Eg: glass - glasses
box - boxes
brush - brushes
bench - benches
Plural of the nouns ending in a “y” and having a
consonant before “y” is formed by changing “y”
into “ies”.
Eg: army - armies
lady - ladies
baby - babies
fly - flies

If there is a vowel before the “y”, we just add “s”
to the noun to form its plural.
Eg: monkey - monkeys boy - boys
toy - toys donkey - donkeys
day - days key - keys
There are some nouns which are used in plural
sense, though they look singular.
Eg: These cattle (not cattles)
These people
These folk

Some nouns are used in singular form.
Eg: This scenery is beautiful.
All this information was wrong.
Furniture is sold here.
Some nouns have the same form both in singular
and plural.
Eg: This deer. These deer.
This sheep. These sheep.
This fish. These fish.

Compound nouns form their plural by
adding “s” to the important word.
Eg: mother-in-law - mothers-in-law
step-son - step-sons
passer-by - passers-by
maid-servant - maidservants.

To Change ---
Nouns which are used only in singular
though they look like plurals.
Eg: The news is _____________
Physics is ______________
Mathematics is ___________
Politics is ________________
An innings ______________
A means _____________

The following are nouns
-- mountains, tree,
postman, cupboard,chair,
apple, pen.

Concrete nouns are names of people and things we
can touch or see.
Nouns can also name things that cannot be seen or
touched, but can be thought and felt. They express
a quality, a state, a feeling or an action.
Such nouns are called Abstract nouns. So an
abstract noun is an IDEA, for example, honesty,
childhood, happiness, bravery.

Concrete Nouns Are of 4
Kinds … example
2. Common Nouns chair,crow,flower.
(nouns of one class
or kind)
6. Proper Nouns Delhi, Ram, Everest.
(special name)
9. Material Nouns water, gold, wood.
(names of things
from which other
things are made)
14.Collective Nouns fleet, army, bunch.
(a group of things
considered as one)

Role-Play -- Live
2 Role-Plays to Understand the
Types of Nouns

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Thursday, March 5, 2009

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