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Nouns in English<\/h2>\n

Noun refers to the name of a person, place, animal, thing or idea. Nouns are also known as naming words.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name of some<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
people<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nplaces<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nanimals<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nthings<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nideas or feelings<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
girl, boy, man, woman<\/span><\/td>\nmarket, stadium, garage, bus stand<\/span><\/td>\npeacock, zebra, octopus, sparrow<\/span><\/td>\ncake, crayons, jug, shirt<\/span><\/td>\ncourage, humble, strength, weakness<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Types of Nouns<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Singular noun<\/b><\/td>\nPlural noun<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Naming words that show one in number are called singular nouns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Naming words that show more than one in number are called plural nouns.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Examples:<\/strong> bag, basket, parrot, cat<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Examples:<\/strong> bags, baskets, parrots, cats<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Click here to attempt a Noun Quiz.<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

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Rules for making Nouns plural<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Nouns that end with<\/strong><\/td>\nPlural<\/strong><\/td>\nExample<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Most nouns<\/span><\/td>\nAdd \u2018-s\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nDog\u00a0 \u2192 dogs<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

land \u2192 lands<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

s, ss, x, sh, ch<\/strong><\/td>\nAdd \u2018-es\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nbus<\/span><\/strong> \u2192 busses<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

business<\/span><\/strong> \u2192 businesses<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

box<\/span><\/strong> \u2192 boxes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bush<\/span><\/strong> \u2192 bushes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

catch<\/span><\/strong> \u2192 catches<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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z<\/strong><\/td>\nAdd an extra \u2018z\u2019<\/span><\/strong> and then \u2018-es\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nQuiz<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 quizzes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
f, fe<\/strong><\/td>\n\n
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  • Sometimes just \u2018<\/strong>-s\u2019<\/strong><\/span> is added<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Sometimes remove the f<\/strong><\/span> and fe<\/strong><\/span> and then add\u00a0 <\/span>\u2018-ves\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Chief<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 chiefs<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

roof<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 roofs<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaf<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 leaves<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

knife<\/span><\/strong> \u2192 knives<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Vowel + y<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAdd \u2018-s\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nMonkey<\/span><\/strong> \u2192 monkeys<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

toy<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 toys<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Consonant + y<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nRemove the \u2018y\u2019<\/strong> <\/span>and add \u2018-ies\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nDuty<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 duties <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

apply<\/span><\/strong> \u2192 applies<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Vowel + o<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAdd \u2018-s\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nRadio<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 radios<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

zoo<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 zoos<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Consonant + o<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAdd \u2018-es\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nHero<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 heroes<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

tomato<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 tomatoes<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Words from foreign languages, musical events, proper nouns<\/span><\/td>\nAdd \u2018-s\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSolo<\/strong> <\/span>\u2192 solos<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

piano<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 pianos<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Taco<\/strong><\/span> \u2192 tacos<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Irregular nouns<\/span><\/td>\nSome are changed by changing vowels<\/span><\/p>\n

Some words are considerably changed<\/span><\/td>\n

Too<\/strong><\/span>th \u2192 tee<\/strong><\/span>th<\/span><\/p>\n

goo<\/span><\/strong>se \u2192 gee<\/strong><\/span>se<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Person \u2192 people<\/span><\/p>\n

child \u2192 children<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Some nouns are the same in singular and plural form:<\/span><\/p>\n

Glasses, jeans, Sheep, fish, deer, hair, aircraft, spacecraft, news, physics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Countable\/Uncountable Noun<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Countable Noun<\/b><\/p>\n

Countable nouns are those which can be counted. They have singular and plural forms. <\/span><\/p>\n

E.g.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Boy, book, pen<\/span><\/p>\n

Uncountable Noun<\/b><\/p>\n

Uncountable nouns are those which cannot be counted. We use measure words to count uncountable nouns such as some, a few, lot of, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018a\u2019 or \u2018an\u2019 is not used with uncountable nouns. <\/span><\/p>\n

For Example:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
wrong sentence <\/strong><\/td>\ncorrect sentence<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Can I have a tea?<\/span><\/td>\nCan I have some tea? Or\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Can I have a cup of tea?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Can nouns be countable and uncountable both?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The answer is yes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For example:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Countable Nouns<\/b><\/td>\nUncountable Nouns<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
They have 25 chickens on their farms. (animals)<\/span><\/td>\nI had chicken for dinner. (food)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
There are 4 rooms in her house. (place)<\/span><\/td>\nThere is not enough room for you. (space)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Two coffees and three juice please. (number of drinks)<\/span><\/td>\nRia likes juice better than coffee. (drink)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Different Ways to count uncountable nouns<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mostly uncountable nouns are related to<\/span><\/p>\n