THE GENDER OF NOUNS IN ENGLISH
MASCULINE AND FEMININE NOUNS Masculine nouns are words for men and boys, and male animals. Feminine nouns are words for women and girls, and female animals. Masculine - Feminine boy - girl man - woman prince - princess steward - stewardess waiter – waitress bride – bridegr…
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FUNCTIONS OF NOUN IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR
FUNCTIONS OF NOUN IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR 1: Using a noun as a subject or an object Each sentence that we speak or write must feature a subject and this will always be a noun. When we talk about the subject, we are referring to the place, person or thing which is completing the action (ver…
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THE IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
THE IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS Irregular plural nouns are nouns that do not become plural by adding -s or -es, as most nouns in the English language do. For example, the plural form of man is men, not mans. The plural form of woman is women, not womans. Irregular Plural Noun Examples Ai…
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THE SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
THE SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS Most singular nouns are made plural by adding -s to the end of the singular form. Singular and Plural Nouns Examples: car – cars bag – bags table – tables house – houses dog – dogs Nouns Ending in a Sibilant Sound When a noun ends in a sibil…
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THE REGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
THE REGULAR PLURAL NOUNS Forming Regular Plural Nouns How to form regular plural nouns in English. Most singular nouns are made plural by adding -s to the end of the singular form. When a noun ends in a sibilant sound – /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /Ê’/, /tʃ/ or /dÊ’/ – the plural is formed by ad…
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THE POSSESSIVE NOUNS
THE POSSESSIVE NOUNS What is a possessive noun? A possessive noun is a noun that names who or what owns or has possession of something. In most cases, for singular nouns to show that possession, we add an apostrophe + s . For plural nouns we simply add an apostrophe except for thos…
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THE COMPOUND NOUNS
THE COMPOUND NOUNS Compound nouns are words for people, animals, places, things, or ideas, made up of two or more words. Most compound nouns are made with nouns that have been modified by adjectives or other nouns. WAYS TO FORM A COMPOUND NOUN Compound nouns are nouns that are made…
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