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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
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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.)
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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How do you make a singular count noun plural?

one monkey two monkeys

For nouns that end with a vowel and y, add s.
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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.
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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.
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How do you make a singular count noun plural?

one sheep two sheep

Some plural forms are the same as the singular form.
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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.
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How do you make a singular count noun plural?
Some nouns have an irregular teeth
plural.

mouse tooth

feet

mice
foot
 Write the plural noun.
PRACTICE

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 look

time today? 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 was To err* is human.

*to make a mistake
his dream.
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An infinitive can be a direct object.

We want to order pizza She hopes to graduate in

tonight. two years.
 INFINITIVES AS NOUNS
An infinitive can come after an object.

I expected them to give The facial massage helped

me chocolates. 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.