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  • 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.
  • Every dog I meet is friendly.