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3. Nouns A noun is a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.

4. Count and noncount nouns
There are two kinds of nouns in English.
Count Nouns
are nouns that you can count.
one chair
two chairs
Noncount Nouns
are nouns that you cannot count.
water
money

5. Count Nouns How do you make a singular count noun plural? one pig two
pigs
For nouns that end with a consonant, add s.

6. Count Nouns How do you make a singular count noun plural? one bee two
bees
For most nouns that end with a vowel, add s.
(Nouns that end in o are exceptions. See the next two slides.)

7. Count Nouns How do you make a singular count noun plural? one piano
two
pianos
For most nouns that end in o, add s.
(See the next slide for exceptions.)

8. Count Nouns How do you make a singular count noun plural? one potato
a lot of
potatoes
For some nouns that end in o, add es. If you are not sure, check a dictionary.

9. Count Nouns How do you make a singular count noun plural?
one first lady
five
first ladies
For nouns that end in a consonant and y, the y becomes ies.

10. Count Nouns How do you make a singular count noun plural? one monkey
two
monkeys
For nouns that end with a vowel and y, add s.

11. Count Nouns How do you make a singular count noun plural? one knife
three
knives
For nouns that end in fe, change the fe to v and add s.

12. Count Nouns How do you make a singular count noun plural? one dress
three
dresses
For nouns that end in sh, ch, x, s, z, add es.

13. Count Nouns How do you make a singular count noun plural? one sheep
two
sheep
Some plural forms are the same as the singular form.

14. Some words have no singular form.
Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
glasses
scissors
shorts
Some words have no singular form.
To count these nouns, you need to use a pair of, two pairs of, etc.

15. Count Nouns How do you make a singular count noun plural?
Some nouns have an irregular plural.
teeth
mouse
tooth
feet
mice
foot

16. Practice Write the plural noun. 1. 2. 3. toys babies kangaroos 4. 6.5.
jeans
men
foxes

17. Types of Noncount Nouns
There are a lot of different kinds of noncount nouns. Below are some examples.
Types of Noncount Nouns
Examples
No Distinct Parts
milk
coffee
water
Parts That Are Small
rice
sugar
grass
Categories
mail
furniture
money
Abstractions
love
advice
education
Sports/Recreation
soccer
chess
baseball
Fields of Study
grammar
music
law
Medical Conditions
arthritis
cancer
flu
Note – Noncount nouns take singular verbs.
Grammar is useful.

18. sometimes a count noun and sometimes a Noncount noun
Do you have any time today?
How many times do you look at your watch every day?

19. Infinitives as nouns
An infinitive can be the subject of a sentence or the subject of a clause.
To err* is human.
To skate in the Olympics was his dream.
*to make a mistake

20. Infinitives as nouns An infinitive can be a direct object.
She hopes to graduate in two years.
We want to order pizza tonight.

21. Infinitives as nouns An infinitive can come after an object.
I expected them to give me chocolates.
The facial massage helped her to relax.

22. Gerunds A gerund is a noun that is the base form of a verb plus – ing.
Smoking is not smart.
I enjoyed learning about the beluga whales at the aquarium.