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seeseeeecsesesces, , A noun is a word which names a person, thing, place,, an animal or an idea., , , , , , , , Person Animal Thing, Annie ant bag, Mr Wong bird bed, carpenter dinosaur building, fireman dog car, friend fish @). coin, girl lizard Y Am computer, John monkey ribbon, nurse tiger pencil >, teacher turtle toy VEG, Q, Place Idea @&, London faith, Japan fear, bus-stop friendship, city happiness 4° 9 +, home hope * alte. o**, market joy SO?, mountain love a 7, park sadness, , pond trouble
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daeeeeeeesceeneveeeereneceseeececnensensesesenseeemeneeneneesenaseneerneenees, , Common nouns are the general names of people,, animals, places, things or ideas. Common nouns do not, start with capital letters., , Proper nouns are the special names of people, animals,, places or things. Proper nouns start with capital letters., , Common Nouns Proper Nouns, , boy Benjamin, James, , car Mercedes, Toyota, continent Asia, Europe, , country Singapore, Thailand, , day Sunday, Tuesday, , girl Joanna, Mary, , holiday Christmas Day, National Day, island Sentosa, Bali, , lake Lake Toba, Lake Mead, language English, Malay, , month January, July, , mountain Mount Everest, Mount Fuji, people Singaporean, American, place Queenstown, Jurong, , sea Red Sea, South China Sea, , street Shenton Way, Amoy Street
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seeeenee MMe eeeeeseeeeceseeeeeesenennenaeeseusesnesanseneseecserenees, , A singular noun is used for ONE person, animal, thing,, place or idea. 4, , A plural noun is used for MORE THAN ONE person,, , animal, thing, place or idea. one 2) Ce Cons, , Regular Plural Nouns, 1. By adding ans’ to the singular nouns:, , Singular Plural Singular, apple apples hand, bag bags leg, banana bananas pencil, book books school, cake cakes stamp, cow cows street, girl girls table, , 2. By adding ‘es' to nouns ending in ‘ch, sh, s and x’:, , batch batches match, , beach beaches patch, , bench benches peach, , branch branches punch, , brooch brooches sandwich, , bunch bunches stitch, , church churches torch, , couch couches watch, , gf €#¢, , Plural, hands, legs, pencils, schools, stamps, streets, tables, , matches, patches, peaches, punches, sandwiches, stitches, torches, watches
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By adding an 's’ if the letter before ‘y’ is a vowel:, , Singular Plural Singular Plural |, day days donkey donkeys, way ways key keys |, boy boys monkey monkeys |, joy joys storey storeys, toy toys turkey turkeys, chimney __ chimneys valley valleys |, , Irregular Plural Form, , 1. Some plural nouns are formed by changing the vowels:, , foot feet policeman policemen, goose geese tooth teeth, man men woman women, , 2. Some plural nouns do not follow any rules:, , cactus cacti louse lice, fungus fungi mouse mice, child children Ox oxen, , 3. | Compound nouns form their plurals by adding an '‘s’ to the, most important word in the compound:, , , , , , maid-servant maid-servants, man-of-war men-of-war, mother-in-law mothers-in-law, mouse-trap mouse-traps, passer-by passers-by, , step-son step-sons
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4. By changing nouns ending in ‘f or ‘fe’ to ‘ves’:, , Singular Plural Singular, , calf calves shelf, , elf elves thief, , half halves wolf, , leaf leaves knife, , loaf loaves life, , scarf scarves wife, , There are some exceptions:, , chef chefs proof, chief chiefs puff, cliff cliffs reef, giraffe giraffes roof, handkerchief handkerchiefs safe, , 5. By changing nouns ending in ‘y' to ‘ies’:, , army armies lorry, baby babies pony, body bodies puppy, city cities story, enemy enemies cry, laboratory laboratories fly, lady ladies fry, library libraries sky, , Plural, shelves, thieves, wolves, knives, lives, wives, , proofs, puffs, reefs, roofs, safes, , lorries, ponies, puppies, stories, cries, flies, fries, skies
