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There exist three types of gender...
- Male
- Female
- Neuter
To distinguish them, we use Pronouns, other nouns or its meaning is just deduced from the context.
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Examples
My brother is tall. He is the best.
The king is gentle. He loves dancing.
He is the greatest hero.
He is my God.
He is the host.
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She is the princess of the house.
The actress won a prize. She is happy.
She is his girlfriend.
She is the lady of the hat.
She's my sister.
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My cat is crazy. It loves dogs.
It is a heavy stone.
It is my dad's car.
The house is green. It is big.
It is your pen.
They are divided into Singular and Plural.
They can be regular or irregular.
To transform a noun into plural, generally we add "-S" in the end
Student > Students.
If the noun ends in -Es, -Ch, -Sh, -S, -X we add -Es in the end.
If the noun ends in -Y, it is replaced by -Ies, unless a vowel is before the -Y.
City > Cities.
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Story > Stories.
Lady > Ladies.
Country > Countries.
Fly > Flies.
Boy > Boys .
(vowel before the "Y").
If the noun ends in -F o -Fe, it is replaced by –Ves.
Life > Lives.
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Half > Halves.
Knife > Knives.
Wolf > Wolves.
Wife > Wives.
Leaf > Leaves.
Irregular plural nouns change their form.
Man > Men
Woman > Women
Child > Children.
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Person > People
Tooth > Teeth
Foot > Feet
Mouse > Mice
Man > Men
Nouns that are always plural
Glasses.
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Examples
Scissors.
Clothes.
Stairs.
Nouns can be simple (one term) or compound (two or more terms).
Nouns can accomplish several functions in the sentence...
- Subject
- Complement
- Predicative
- Adjective
- Apposition
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Examples
SUBJECT
"Dogs" like bones.
"Happiness" is all around.
"Mom" cooks very good.
COMPLEMENT
I received a "call".
He drives "home".
I like "coffee".
PREDICATIVE
He is the "president".
Katty is a "nurse".
She is my "mother".
ADJECTIVE
Give me the "fruit" basket.
He is an "English" man.
It is a "five dollar" ticket.
APPOSITION
My brother, the "singer", is 23 years old.
Susan, the "baby-sitter", is very nice.
The police officer, "Tom", arrested the thieves.
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To talk about Male Nouns, we use the Pronoun "It".
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The plural form of the noun "TOOTH" is "TEETH".
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The plural form of the noun "CHURCH".
Churches
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Churchs
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Churcheses
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"LIVINGROOM" is considered…
a Female Noun
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a Simple Noun
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a Compound Noun
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Nouns can function like Adjectives.
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Nouns have no gender.
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We generally use the pronoun She to talk about Female Nouns.
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The word "BIRD" is considered a Neutral Noun.
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The plural form of the noun "MAN" is "MANS".
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Nouns can be SIMPLE or COMPOUND.
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There are nouns which are always plural.
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Which of the following is the correct plural form of the Noun "city"?
Cities
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Citys
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Citis
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Which of the following is the plural form of the noun "MOUSE"?
Mouses
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Mice
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Mices
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Which of the following is considered a common noun?
France
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Atlantic Ocean
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Ocean
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In which of the following sentences the noun "DOG" works as the Subject of the sentence?
I love my dog.
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Dogs eat meat.
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Lazzy, the dog, is great.
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