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Nouns
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.
1. A singular noun is a word that names one person, place, thing, or idea. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea. Plural nouns are usually formed by adding -s or -esto the singular noun.
SINGULAR: student PLURAL: students bench benches hotel hotels truth truths
Some nouns that end with y form their plural forms by changing y to i and add -es SINGULAR: sky country city baby PLURAL: skies countries cities babies Some nouns that end with f form their plural forms by changing f to v and add s or -es SINGULAR: PLURAL: leaf leaves life lives knife knives wife wives loaf loaves
Some nouns however form their plural forms by changing their spelling SINGULAR: child man goose mouse louse PLURAL: children men geese mice lice
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2. A common noun names a general class of people, places, things, or ideas. sailor city holiday music A proper noun specifies a particular person, place, thing, event, or idea. Proper nounsare always capitalized. Captain Ahab Rome Memorial Day Treasure Island 4. A concrete noun names an object that occupies space or that can be recognized by anyof the senses. leaf melody desk aroma An abstract noun names an idea, a quality, or a characteristic. These peace health strength contentment 5. A count noun names an object that can be counted Chair table ballpen 5. A mass noun names an object that cannot be counted water hair rice sugar 7. A collective noun names a group. When the collective noun refers to the group as awhole, it is singular. When it refers to the individual group members, the collectivenoun is plural. The family eats dinner together every night. (singular) The council vote as they wish on the pay increase. (plural) 8. A possessive noun shows possession, ownership, or the relationship between two nouns. Monicas book the rabbits ears the hamsters cage
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Exercises
Singular and Plural Nouns
Exercise 1.Write sing. in the blank if the italicized word is a singular noun. Write pl.if it is plural. pl. Juanita suggested that my boys visit the circus. ____1.Circus Royale was the name of the circus that came to town last week. ____2.The opening parade was a great introduction to the event. ____3.The nine elephants were trained by a man named Zingarelli. ____4.One of the best acts was a family of acrobats from Paris. ____5.A juggler managed to juggle eight saucers at once. Exercise 2. Complete the table below by providing the singular or plural forms of the given words. Singular uniform family 8. 9. chief 6. 7. loaves people 10. Plural 11. woman campus 14. 15. Singular classes 12. 13. mice volcanoes Plural