NOUNS

TEACHER: LIC. JUAN CARLOS MAJANO

STUDENT: JOSE DAVID AMAYA CHAVARRIA

JOSE ANDERSON AVALOS LARA
WILMER ALEXANDER FLOWERS RAMIREZ
NILSON ALEJANRO YANEZ LOPEZ
Nouns

A noun is
a person,

a place,

a thing,

or an idea.
 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
Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?

one pig two pigs

For nouns that end with a consonant, add s.
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.)
Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?

one piano two pianos

For most nouns that end in o, add s.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Count Nouns
How do you make a singular count noun plural?
Some nouns have an teeth
irregular plural.

mouse tooth

feet

mice
foot
 Practice Write the plural noun.

1. 2. 3.

toys babies kangaroos

4. 6.
5.

jeans men foxes

 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.
SOMETIMES A COUNT NOUN AND SOMETIMES
A NONCOUNT NOUN
TIME

Do you have any How many times do you

time today? look at your watch every
day?
Infinitives as nouns
An infinitive can be the subject of a sentence or
the subject of a clause.

To skate in the Olympics To err* is human.

*to make a mistake
was his dream.
Infinitives as nouns
An infinitive can be a direct object.

We want to order pizza She hopes to graduate

tonight. in two years.
Infinitives as nouns
An infinitive can come after an object.

I expected them to The facial massage

give me chocolates. helped her to relax.
 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.