English Grammar ( Nouns )
Noun? What is noun? ~ A noun is a person, an animal, a place or a thing. Example: a dog, a town, a phone, a melon, an orange. ~ In writing, names of people, places, days, months, etc. begin with a capital letter . Example: Monday, June, Mr John. 1. Singular and Plural Nouns • Most nouns can be singular ( one ) or plural ( more than one ). Example: a pizza - two pizzas, an apple - five apples. • For the plural form of most nouns, add ' s ' Example: bottle - bottle s , pen - pen s. • For nouns that end in s and s, add ' es '. Example: box - box es , moss - moss es. • For nouns ending in f or fe , change f to v and add ' es '. Example: wolf - wolv es , wife - wiv es , life - liv es. • For nouns that end in consonant ( b, c, d, etc ) + y ( ay, oy, ey ) , change y to i and add ' es ' ( and ' s ' ). Example: day - day s , family - famil ies . • The pl...