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Nouns Project

This document defines nouns and discusses their classification and formation of plurals. It states that nouns identify people, places, objects, and animals. Nouns can be common or proper, countable or uncountable, concrete or abstract, and compound or collective. The document then examines regular plural forms, which are formed by adding "s", "es", changing "y" to "i" and adding "es", or changing "f" to "v" and adding "es". It also discusses irregular plural forms, which involve changing letters or having no changes.

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Nouns Project

This document defines nouns and discusses their classification and formation of plurals. It states that nouns identify people, places, objects, and animals. Nouns can be common or proper, countable or uncountable, concrete or abstract, and compound or collective. The document then examines regular plural forms, which are formed by adding "s", "es", changing "y" to "i" and adding "es", or changing "f" to "v" and adding "es". It also discusses irregular plural forms, which involve changing letters or having no changes.

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Gabriel Turner

Noun Project
Define the term noun

A noun is a naming word that is used to


identify a person (Gabriel), place (Kensington
Primary), object (book) and animal (dog).
Classification of nouns
Nouns can be classified into

• Common nouns [brother] or proper nouns [Charlie].

• Countable nouns [orange] or uncountable [sugar].

• Concrete nouns [table] or abstract nouns [love].

• Compound nouns [cousin] or collective nouns [family].


Ways in which nouns form their plural
Ways in which nouns form their plural
Regular forms
Adding S Adding es
• Cat - Cats • Tomato-tomatoes

The cats are sleeping on the mat. The tomatoes are growing in the
garden.
Ways in which nouns form their plural
Regular forms (cont’d)
Changing ‘y’ to ‘i’ and adding es Changing ‘f’ to ‘v’ and adding es
• Baby - Babies • Knife-knives

The babies are bathing in the My mother has a collection of


tub. different types of knives.
Ways in which nouns form their plural
Irregular forms

Changing letters (man – men) No changes (deer – deer)


• Man - Men • Deer – Deer

The men are working together to The deer are chasing the squirrel.
build the house.

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