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Showing posts with label Nouns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nouns. Show all posts

Thursday, October 11, 2012

English Plurals


  • Rule: In general, the plural is formed by adding an -s t 

Example: a tree - trees, a girl - girls

  • Rule: Nouns that end with an -s, -sh, -ch and -x have a

Example: dish - dishes, bus - buses, peach - peaches

Be Careful!

  • Some of the most common exceptions are: man - men, child - children, woman - women, person - people
  • Many animals do not have a plural form: Example: fish - fish, deer - deer

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Countable and Uncountable Nouns - Quiz


Find the mistakes in the sentences and questions below

How much apples do you want?

Do you want a wine?

I have four childs.

I'd like some sandwich.

How many wine do we need?

Can you buy a rice for tonight?

How many peoples are coming to the party?

I have some five dollar bill.

I'd like some fruits.

How much vegetables do we have?

a, an and some w/ Count & Non-Count Nouns


Do we use a, an or some for these words?

______ movie
______ beer
______ sugar
______ grape
______ information
______ eggplant
______ water
______ tape
______ hotdog
______ furniture

  • We use "a" with objects we can count the begin with a consonant Example: a book
  • We use "some" with object we can not count Example: some milk
  • We use "an" with object we can count that begin with a vowel Example: an orange

Asking questions for countable and uncountable objects

Complete the questions using much or many

How  ________ information do you have on him?
How  ________ people live in your country?
How  ________ does that laptop cost?
How  ________ sugar is there?
How  ________ eggs are there in the basket?
How  ________ oil do we need?
How  ________ men are in the room?
How  ________ students do you have?

  • We use "How many" for questions using countable or plural objects Example: How many books do you have?
  • We use "How much" for questions using a non-countable or singular object Example: How much juice is left?
  • We use "How much" for questions asking about ONE object Example: How much does the book cost?
  • Most plurals are formed by adding "-s" to the noun or object Example: book -s = books. Some of the more important exceptions include: man - men, child - children, person - people, woman - women

Thursday, September 6, 2012

POSSESSIVE NOUNS


     Possessive nouns are those nouns that show possession. Possessive Nouns are used to show ownership. A noun is possessive only when a phrase can be modified to say that an idea or commodity belongs to something or someone.

General Rules

RULE ONE: Most words simply get apostrophe S ('s).
the box belonging to Steve -> Steve's box 
the bedroom of the child -> the child's bedroom 

RULE TWO: Plural nouns ending in S simply get an apostrophe (s'). 
the box belonging to the girls -> the girls' box
the bedroom of the kids -> the kids' bedroom 

RULE THREE: For irregular plurals (not ending in S), add apostrophe S ('s).
the coats of the women -> the women's coats
the jackets of the children -> the children's jackets 

RULE FOUR: For names ending in S, add apostrophe S ('s).
the cat belonging to Charles -> Charles's cat
the jacket of the Phyllis -> Phyllis's jackets 

ALTERNATE RULE FOUR: For names ending in S, simply add an apostrophe (s').
the cat belonging to Charles -> Charles' cat
the jacket of the Phyllis -> Phyllis' jackets