English Grammar: Nouns.

Understanding the basic grammar rules is essential for communicating efficiently, but most of us don't have really clear all those concepts.

Nouns

A noun is a word used to describe a person, place, thing, event, idea, and so on. Nouns represent one of the main elements of sentences, along with verbs, adjectives, prepositions and articles.

Nouns usually function as subjects or objects within sentences, although they can also act as adjectives and adverbs.

Identififying nouns:

A noun is a part of speech that denotes a person, animal, place, thing, or idea. The English word noun has its roots in the Latin word nomen, which means “name.

As you read the following explanations, think about some words that might fit into each category.

Singular and Plural nouns.

What is a Plural Noun

A plural noun is a word that indicates that there is more than one person, animal place, thing, or idea. When you talk about more than one of anything, you’re using plural nouns. When you write about more than one of anything, you usually use the same word, simply adding an s, es, or ies to the end. 

Singular and Plural Nouns

The difference between singular and plural nouns is easy to spot. When a noun indicates one only, it is a singular noun. When a noun indicates more than one, it is plural.

Here some examples:

In the next post we'll have a video to explain this better.

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Singular and Plural Nouns - explanation

Video taken from: https://youtu.be/UnmMz4N3tgE

A little test for yourself

This will be a little uncomfortable, but to program here is kinda hard, so here's a test, but you have to take note of the answers to check them in the next post. Thanks, and good luck.

Choose the best word to fit into each of the following sentences:

1. The men sharpened their _____________ before throwing them at the targets.
   A – knife B – knifes C – knives
2. Please eat the rest of your _____________.
   A – pease B – Peas C – Peies
3. I’d like you to stop leaving your ________________ on the floor.
   A – Socks B – Sockses C – Sox
4. We saw a lot of _________________ at the park.
   A – Deers B – Deeries C – Deer
5. This recipe calls for a lot of _____________.
   A – Tomatos B – Tomatoes C – Tomaties.

Taken from: https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/nouns/plural-nouns/