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NounsAndrés Rodríguez, Christian Campos, Valeria Santelmo,
Nicolás Novikow, Irune Capri, Claudia Castro.
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Definition
A noun is a word that name a person, place, or thing.
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Common & Proper
Common nouns are your generic nouns.
Proper nouns name specific things and begin with a capital letter.
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Concrete & Abstract
Concrete nouns are perceivable by the senses.
Abstract nouns are not tangible.
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Countable
They are things we can count.
Dog, cat, animal, man, person, bottle, dollar, cup, table, chair
"People" is countable. "People" is the plural of "person". We can count people:
There is one person here.There are three people here
Countable nouns can be singular or plural:
● My dog is playing.
● My dogs are hungry.
Indefinite articles a/an:
● A dog is an animal.
When it is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it:
● I want an orange.
It can be used also :some, many, any and few
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Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts, others, that we cannot divide into separate elements.
music, art, love, happiness
advice, information, news
furniture, luggage
UncountableWe use a singular verb
● This news is very important.
We can use some, any, a little and much:
● I've got some money.
● Have you got any rice?
● I've got a little money.
● I haven't got much rice.
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Singular & Plural Form
Most nouns form the plural by adding “s”
A noun ending in “s, x, z, ch” the plural by adding “es"
A noun that ends in “y” the plural by adding “ies”
Regular Nouns:
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Singular & Plural Form
Irregular Nouns: There are some irregular formations for nouns plurals
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Possessive form
- add ' to plural noun- add ' + s to singular noun
“OF”
one ball more than one ball
one boy the boy’s ball the boy’s balls
more than one boy the boys’ ball the boys’ balls
(irregular plural to)
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Compound & Collective
Claudia