2. Noun
A noun is known as the part of speech that is used to
name a person, place, a thing, or an idea.
or
A noun is a part of speech that serves as a subject or
object. More generally, we think of a noun as a person,
place, thing, quality, or action.
Examples:
Persons: teacher, Paris Hilton, mother
Places: school, Johnson City, mall
Things: lamp, book, desk
Ideas: love, courage, freedom
3. kinds of Noun
1. Proper nouns name a particular person, place,
thing, or idea and begin with a capital letter.
Examples:
Person: George Washington
Place: United States of America
Ideas: Christianity
__________________(your example)
4. 2. Common nouns name any one of a group of
persons, places, things, ideas and is generally not
capitalized.
Examples:
Person: president
Place: country
Thing: movie
Ideas: religion
_________________ (your example)
5. 3. Abstract nouns name an idea, a feeling, a quality,
or a characteristic.
Examples:
love
fun
wisdom
hate
_________________ (your example)
6. 4. A collective noun is a word that names a group.
Examples:
alumni
faculty
committee
team
_________________ (your example)
7. 5. Material noun
Material noun ,can be defined as Material Noun are names of
materials or substances out of which things are made.
Ex: gold,
iron,
silver ,
food
,oil
, tea
,cotton
,rubber,
cement cheese etc
8. 6. Compound nouns are formed by joining two
simple nouns together.
Examples:
boy + friend= boyfriend
ice + land= Iceland
brother + in + law= brother-in-law
grass + hopper= grasshopper
_______________ (your example)
9. Singular and Plural Nouns
When a noun means one only, it is singular.
Examples: boy, girl, book, church, box
Rule #1: The plural of nouns is usually formed by adding
s to a singular noun.
Examples: lamp, lamps; cat, cats; flower, flowers;
pen, pens
10. Singular and Plural Nouns
Rule #2:
Nouns ending in s, z, x, sh, and ch form the plural
by adding es.
Examples: moss, mosses; dish, dishes;
church, churches; box, boxes
11. Singular and Plural Nouns
Tell if the following nouns are singular (s) or plural
(p)
box owner trees
chair chairs tables
lamps wagons star
ax houses bush
sketch pencils days
12. Singular and Plural Nouns
Rule #3:
Nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant are
formed into a plural by changing y to ies.
Examples: lady, ladies; city, cities; army, armies
13. Singular and Plural Nouns
Write the plural of the following words:
baby story berry
lady duty theory
city cherry pony
14. Singular and Plural Nouns
Rule #4
Nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel form
their plurals by adding s.
Examples: boy, boys; day, days
15. Singular and Plural Nouns
Write the plural of the following words:
day essay turkey
toy valley chimney
16. Singular and Plural Nouns
Rule #5:
Most nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant are
formed into a plural by adding es.
Examples: hero, heroes
Although some may add s or es.
Examples: halo, tornado
and some add s only:
Examples: solo, piano, albino, lasso
17. Singular and Plural Nouns
Rule #6
Some nouns ending in f or fe are made plural by
changing f or fe to ves.
Examples: leaf, leaves; wife, wives; half, halves; life,
lives
18. Singular and Plural Nouns
Rule #6, Cont’d.
Exceptions: Some nouns ending in f or fe form their
plurals by adding s.
Examples: chief, chiefs; roof, roofs; safe, safes
19. Singular and Plural Nouns
Special Note:
There are some irregular plurals such as:
man, men
woman, women
ox, oxen
mouse, mice
Your Example:
20. Singular and Plural Nouns
Special Note: If compound nouns are plural, form the
plural with the first word.
Examples:
Singular Plural
son-in-law sons-in-law
daughter-in-law daughters-in-law
maid of honor maids of honor
secretary of state secretaries of state
21. Synonyms
Def: It is defined as one of two or more words or
expressions of the same language that have the
same or nearly the same meaning in some or all
senses
22. Abstract
to accomplish
To admit
Almost
To answer
Anyway
To arrive
To beat
To begin
Summary
to achieve
To confess
Nearly
To reply
Besides
To reach
To defeat
To start
23. To behave
Bid
Branch
Brave
Business
To collect
Completely
Conflict
Constant
To act
tender
Department
Courageous
Commerce ,trade
To gather
Totally
Clash ,dispute
Fixed
