Nouns are the names of a person, a thing, an animal, an event, or a place and serve as subjects in a sentence, as objects of verbs, and as complements of verbs and prepositions.
Common Noun is any class of person, place, animal, thing, etc and is general and non-specific, examples include pencil, laptop, woman.
Proper Noun is the name of a specific person, place, animal, thing, etc and is specified, examples include Pilot, Lenovo, Janella.
Count Noun is a noun that can be counted individually and can be singular or plural, examples include A pencil, 33 laptops, few women.
Mass Noun is a noun that cannot be counted individually and can be singular or plural, examples include Rice, water, salt.
Collective Noun is a group of individual count nouns and can be singular or plural, examples include Jury, a pride of lions, a pack of wolves.
Forming the Plural Form of Nouns involves adding ‘s’ to most nouns, changing ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to ‘ves’, and changing ‘y’ to ‘i’ and adding ‘es’.
Some nouns change forms, for example, goose changes to geese and focus changes to foci.
Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms, for example, species, sheep, salmon.
Some nouns are always singular, for example, milk, air, meat.
Some nouns are always plural, for example, scissors, pants, alms.
Some nouns always have the plural form but singular in meaning, for example, Mathematics, politics, measles.
For compound nouns, add ‘s’ to the word that functions as a noun, for example, sisters-in-law, passersby.
Add ‘s’ to single letters, symbols, and single numerals.
Add ‘s’ to acronyms, for example, 7’s, d’s, GMO’s, 1980s.
Some nouns change meaning with a change in form.
Nouns are the names of people, things, animals, events, or places.
Nouns usually serve as subjects in a sentence, objects of verbs, and complements of verbs and prepositions.
Common nouns are the names of any class of person, place, animal, thing, etc., general and non-specific.
Proper nouns are the names of specific people, places, animals, things, etc.
Count nouns are the names of a specific number of people, places, animals, things, etc., specified.
Mass nouns are the names of a common mass of people, places, animals, things, etc., unspecified.
Collective nouns are the names of a group of individual count nouns, which can be singular or plural, depending on how it is used in a sentence.
The voice of the verb indicates who receives the action expressed in the verb.
The production manager was asked to write his report quickly, accurately, and thoroughly.
Do not mix forms: The production manager was asked to write his report quickly, accurately, and in a detailed manner.
Words and phrases with the infinitive phrase are known as infinitive phrases.
The passive voice of the verb indicates who receives the action.
The past form of the verb is formed with did (not) and the base form of the verb.
The active voice of the verb indicates who performs the action.
Words and phrases with the -ing form (gerunds) of words are known as gerunds.
The word "it" is used to emphasize a statement, ask a question, and make a statement negative.
The past voice of the verb is used to emphasize an action done in the past, ask a question, and make a negative statement.
My current crush is an athlete who attended the DOST SS Review session and passed the exam.
Nouns can be formed by adding 's' to most nouns, 'es' to nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, or sh, and 'ves' to nouns ending in 'f' or 'fe'.
This is the apartment we live in, providing shelter.
Humans are mammals.
All insects have exactly six legs, spiders have eight legs, and all mammals have backbones.
All couples hold hands when walking, Jim and John are holding hands.