1 Nouns
1 Nouns
1 Nouns
Parts of Speech:
Nouns and Article
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Art adj adj n verb prep art adj n
Part 1
Nouns:countable and uncountable
Countable :
Singular Plural There is a man outside
a cat cats the building.
a man men There are two men
a tooth teeth outside the building.
an egg eggs
an elephant An elephant has a trunk.
elephants Elephants have trunks
an axe axes
Strategy w/ Singular Nouns
1. Do not end singular noun with -s or -es.
2. Use singular nouns after the words below:
A / an A single
One Another
This Each
That Every
Strategy 2
1. There was not a single cars in the parking lot
2. The school needed another baseball coaches
3. She needs every penny she earns to support her family
4. This math problem is not easy to solve, even for a bright
student like Erwin.
5. The professor always comes up with a quiz to work on at
the end of each class
Strategy 3
1. A zebra belongs to the horse family.
2. Toyota is a Japanese car.
3. There was the (a) sparrow that fell out of its nest.
4. The (A) rain forest usually contains exotic animals.
5. A (The) Siberian flying squirrel is commonly called
the flying mitten.
Plural Nouns
When a noun refers to more than one person or
thing, it is plural.
The plural form of most nouns is made by
adding -s / -es ending to the singular form;
howeverSingular
there are exceptions. Plural Form
Form
apple apples
peach peaches
ox oxen
goose geese
fish fish
Strategy w/ Plural Nouns
1. Do not use a / an with plural nouns.
2. Use plural nouns after the words below:
all these dozens of
Some Those Hundreds of
Some (of the) Everyone of Thousands of
A few (of) Each one of A number of
Many (of) Each of The number of
A lot of One of A couple of
Lots of Both Several (of the)
various other