A noun is that it 'describes a person, place or thing'. In fact we use nouns to express a range of additional meanings such as conceps, qualities, organisations, communicaties, sensations and events.
Endings
A small proportion of nouns have identifiable 'noun endings'. These include:
tradition, ability, instrument, excellence, significance
Many plural nouns end in s, e.g. cats.
Proper nouns and capital letters
Words which begin with capital letters and are not at the begining of sentences are often the names of people, places or institutions. These are called 'proper' nouns.
both Erlin and John came
in Asia
a course at Interactive English
Where do Nouns come in sentences?
Endings
A small proportion of nouns have identifiable 'noun endings'. These include:
tradition, ability, instrument, excellence, significance
Many plural nouns end in s, e.g. cats.
Proper nouns and capital letters
Words which begin with capital letters and are not at the begining of sentences are often the names of people, places or institutions. These are called 'proper' nouns.
both Erlin and John came
in Asia
a course at Interactive English
Where do Nouns come in sentences?
Noun can:
- act as thesubject of a verb: Cats kill mice
- act as object of a verb: cats kill mice
- act as the complement of a verb: They are Men
They often end end a phrase which begins with an article such as a/an, or a quantifier such as either, any, or many. They also often follow adjectives.
- a drunk
- either way
- a much older elite
- large mice
Countable and uncountable nouns
Countable nouns [C] have a singular and a plural form, e.g. pencil - pencils. Uncountable noun [U] have only one form e.g. hair NOT hairs.
The distinction between countable noun and uncountable noun is based on wheter or not we can count (1, 2, 3, 4 ....) what the noun describe. Noun which describe separate and separable objects (e.g. book(s), centre(s), computer(s) are usually countable while those which describe liquids, materilas, substances and abstract qualities (e.g. milk, marble, putty, succes) are characteristically uncountable.
Regular and irregular plural forms
Regular forms
Most countable nouns have a plural form that ends in s.
e.g. cat > cats book > books
Irregular form
Many irregular plural forms involve a change in vowel.
man > men toot > teeth foot > feet
Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms (nouns that end in s often fall into this category)
a sheep > two sheep
a series > two series
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