Nouns

[object Object],[object Object],Introduction Problems with Nouns 1. I have three bedroom in my house. 2. There are many milks in the refrigerator. 3. Those chair are in the wrong room. 4. There are five reds cars. 5. Some of the class are at night. 6. Your childs are beautiful. 7. Would you like a few milk? “ Bedrooms” should be plural because the sentence says there are three. The word “milks” is incorrect, because it is a non-count noun and cannot have an –s.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Guideline #1 Count and Non-Count Nouns Countable Nouns Non-Countable Nouns chair student day song computer room love money weather food fruit furniture More Non-Countable Nouns

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Guideline #2 Countable Nouns book book s 3 book s box box es 2 box es

[object Object],[object Object],Guideline #3 Non-Countable Nouns monies money one money money healths health two health health

[object Object],[object Object],Guideline #4 Non-Countable Nouns a furniture furniture furnitures furniture a news news newses news

[object Object],Guideline #5 Irregular Plural Nouns child childs children woman womans women Click here to see a list of irregular plural nouns.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Guideline #6 Noun Quantifiers a few count nouns a few bananas a little non-count nouns a little flour

(Continued) Noun Quantifiers many count nouns many chairs much non-count nouns much furniture some non-count nouns some furniture count nouns some chairs

[object Object],(Continued) Noun Quantifiers any count nouns There aren’t any chairs. any non-count nouns There isn’t any furniture.

[object Object],Guideline #7 Agreement with Demonstrative Adjectives singular these room plural these rooms this rooms this room This/That These/Those

[object Object],Guideline #8 Nouns and “of phrases” “ of phrases” Some of the chairs are broken. Some of the furniture is broken. plural singular Click here to see a list of common “of phrases.”

[object Object],Guideline #9 Adjectives Those are beautifuls houses. beautiful That is an olds book. old adjective adjective

Practice Exercises ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Practice Exercises ,[object Object]

Editing Checklist After you have checked your essay for singular/plural noun problems, read your essay draft aloud to your tutor. As you read it,listen to make sure there are no errors in singular/plural nouns. Look at your essay. Circle all of the nouns in your essay. Using the guidelines you have learned in this lesson, decide why each noun should be singular or plural. Discuss your decisions with a tutor.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Appendix Irregular Plural Nouns

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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Appendix “ of phrases”

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