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Topic-Concept of Nouns

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Lecture#04

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1. Concept of Noun Noun-Noun is a naming word of anything

People: All human being- father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, Shakib, Shishir, Cricketer, teacher, boy, carpenter, cousin, girl, lady, man, tailor, woman, etc.

Things:All physical things-bicycle, book, car, computer, dress, hammer, key, pencil, ship, table, vase, wallet

Animals:bee, cow, dog, eagle, fish, monkey, pig, snake

Places:airport, beach, church, country, hospital, library, mall, park, restaurant, zooJust imagine about the world of everything………………..

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� Types of Noun

1. Singular Noun--A singular noun is a noun that refers to

only one person, one place, one thing, or one idea

People>>>Girl, Boy, Mother, FatherPlace>>>City, Town, State, CountryThings>>>Bicycle, Doll, TrainIdeas>>>Dream, Truth, Pride, Thought, Love

2. Plural Noun--A plural noun is a noun that refers to

more than one person, one place, one thing, or one idea

People>>>Girls, Boys,Place>>>Cities, Towns Things>>>Bicycles, Dolls, Trains Ideas>>>Dreams, Thoughts

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� Kinds of Noun There are five kinds of Noun

1. Proper Noun 2. Common Noun 3. Collective Noun 4. Material Noun 5. Abstract Noun

Abstract noun evaluate the others noun

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� Kinds of Noun

There are five kinds of Noun

1.Common Nouns: A common noun is a noun that names a general thing, not a specific thing. Example: girl, boy, city, day, river, month, continent, etc.

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� Kinds of Noun

There are five kinds of Noun

2. Proper Nouns:A proper noun is a noun that indicates the specific name of a thing. It begins with a capital letter.

Examples: Sharuk, katrina, Dhaka, Bangladesh…………

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� Kinds of Noun

There are five kinds

of Noun

3. Collective Nouns: A countable noun that denotes a group of individuals

Example:Family, key branch, team etc.

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� Kinds of Noun

There are five kinds

of Noun

4. Material Nouns:A countable noun that denotes a group of physicalthing.

Chair, table, pen etc.

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� Kinds of Noun

There are five kinds

of Noun

5. Abstract NounsAbstract Nouns An abstract noun is a noun that names an idea, not a physical thing.

Examples:Hope, interest, love, peace, ability, success, knowledge, trouble.

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Few Rules for Changing Singular to Plural Nouns

R#01>For most nouns, just add -s

Singular Plural

hand hands

rabbit rabbits

key keys

clock clocks

football footballs

door doors

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R#02>For nouns ending in s, x, z, ch or sh,

add -es

Singular Plural

box boxes

pitch pitches

wish wishes

boss bosses

buzz buzzes

glass glasses

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3. For some words ending in o, add -es

Singular Plural

potato potatoes

tomato tomatoes

hero heroes

echo echoes

banjo banjoes

The plural of many words ending in o can

be spelt with -s or -es.

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4. However, for some words ending in o, just add -s

Singular Plural

cello cellos

disco discos

hairdo hairdos

logo logos

patio patios

photo photos

piano pianos

radio radios

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5. For some words ending in f, change the f to a v and

add -es

Singular Plural

half halves

loaf loaves

elf elves

leaf leaves

self selves

shelf shelves

thief thieves

wolf wolves

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6. However, for some words ending in f, just add -s

Singular Plural

chef chefs

cliff cliffs

ref refs

roof roofs

The plural of some nouns ending in f can be spelt

using either variation.

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7. For some nouns ending in ife, change

the f to a v and then add -s

Singular Plural

wife wives

life lives

knife knives

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8. For common nouns that end with consonant + y,

change the y to an i and then add -es

Singular Plural

poppy poppies

fly flies

penny pennies

spy spies

nappy nappies

sty sties

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9. Some nouns are the same in both singular

and plural from

Singular Plural

fish fish

sheep sheep

deer deer

tuna tuna

salmon salmon

trout trout

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10. For some nouns, change other letters or just change the

word completely!

Singular Plural

person people

child children

ox oxen

foot feet

tooth teeth

goose geese

mouse mice

louse lice

man men

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