NOUNS IN ENGLISH Cars Jam Cats Sugar Tables Love Elephants... COUNT & UNCOUNT CAN BE COUNTED: CANNOT BE COUNTED: 1, 2, 3...10... Cars Cats Tables Elephants... Ø Jam Sugar Love Water.....

NOUNS IN ENGLISH Ø LOVE Ø OIL Ø SAND Ø SUGAR WITH SINGULAR, COUNTABLE NOUNS, WE CAN USE ‘’A/AN’’ A CAR A BOY A BOOK A HEDGEHOG... A=ONE (MEANING ONE) WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS- WE CANNOT USE ‘’A/AN’’ Ø LOVE Ø OIL Ø SAND Ø SUGAR

NOUNS IN ENGLISH MANY, FEW, A FEW... MUCH, LITTLE, A LITTLE... WITH COUNTABLE NOUNS WE CAN USE: MANY, FEW, A FEW... E.g. MANY BOOKS FEW PEOPLE A FEW TIGERS... WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS WE CAN USE: MUCH, LITTLE, A LITTLE... E.g. MUCH COFFEE LITTLE COCOA A LITTLE SALT...

NOUNS IN ENGLISH E.g. HOUSE+ES=HOUSES (THREE HOUSES) We usually form plural of countable nouns by adding ‘’-S/ES’’: E.g. HOUSE+ES=HOUSES (THREE HOUSES) MOTHER+S=MOTHERS (FIVE MOTHERS) Suffix –ES will be used in case nouns end in: -SS KISS KISSES -CH CHURCH CHURCHES -SH BRUSH BRUSHES -X BOX BOXES -Z QUIZ QUIZES !!! -O POTATO POTATOES

NOUNS IN ENGLISH !!! In case a noun ends in ‘’-Y’’, a change will occur- ‘’Y’’ becomes ‘’I’’, and then we add the ‘’-ES’’suffix STORY, CITY….STORIES, CITIES... However, if there is a vowel preceding ‘’-Y’’ we will add –s only PLAY, BOY... WE JUST ADD –S- PLAYS, BOYS...

NOUNS IN ENGLISH LEAF, SHELF...LEAVES, SHELVES... If a noun ends in ‘’-F/FE’’, the ‘’F’’ usually becomes ‘’V’’ LEAF, SHELF...LEAVES, SHELVES... Some exceptions: ROOF (ROOFS), CHIEF (CHIEFS), CLIFF (CLIFFS)...

NOUNS IN ENGLISH IRREGULAR PLURAL Sg. MAN Pl. ? WOMAN CHILD BASIS DATUM ANALYSIS MOUSE TOOTH FOOT GOOSE

!TO COUNT THEM, WE OFTEN USE THE NOUNS IN ENGLISH PLURALIA TANTUM E.g. TROUSERS GLASSES SCISSORS SHORTS PANTS JEANS !TO COUNT THEM, WE OFTEN USE THE EXPRESSION ‘’A PAIR OF’’

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