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What is a noun?
 The definition of a noun is a word that is used to
define a person, animal or living object, place, thing or
quality.
 There are many different kinds of nouns in English.
☻ When a noun means one only, it is said to be
singular
☻Boy
☻Girl
☻Book
☻Church
☻Box
☻Lamp
☻Cat
☻ When a noun means more than one, it is said to be
plural
☻Boys
☻Girls
☻Books
☻Churches
☻Boxes
☻Lamps
☻Cats
☻ Nouns ending in s, z, x, sh, and ch form the plural
by adding - es.
☻Moss
mosses
☻Buzz
buzzes
☻Box
boxes
☻Dish
dishes
☻Church churches
☻ Nouns ending in - y preceded by a consonant is
formed into a plural by changing - y to – ies
☻Lady
ladies
☻City
cities
☻Army armies
☻ Most nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant is
formed into a plural by adding es
☻Hero
heroes
☻Veto
vetoes
☻Buffalo
buffaloes
☻man, men
☻woman, women
☻child, children
☻foot, feet
☻mouse, mice
☻tooth, teeth
☻ox, oxen
☻goose, geese
☻ A countable noun is a type of noun that can be:
☻ presented in both the singular form and the plural
form
☻ represented by a number, such as two cats, five books
Rules For Using
Singular
Countable Nouns
 A determiner must be
used before noun or
adverb if adjectives are
used such as a, the, this,
our etc.
 The article “a” or “an” can
be used.
Rules For Using Plural
Countable Nouns
 A determiner is optional
before noun or adverb if
adjectives are used.
 The articles "a" or "an"
can't be used.
 Only the number one
 Any number bigger than
can be used to state the
amount.
 Possessive adjectives may
be used such as my, his,
our etc.
 Quantifiers can't be
used.
two can be used to state
an amount.
 Possessive adjectives may
be used such as his, our,
etc.
 Quantifiers can be used
such as some, any, many,
a lot etc.
 A demonstrative
adjectives can be used
such as this, those
 A demonstrative
adjectives can be used
such as this, those etc.
Nouns
Nouns In The
Singular Form
Nouns In The
Plural Form
Nouns
Represented By
A Number
dog
The dog is big.
The dogs are big.
There are six dogs
in the room.
boy
The boy is tall.
The boys are tall.
There are three tall
boys in my class.
car
Our car is green.
All the cars at work There are six cars
are white.
parked on my
street.
window
The window is big. The windows are
clean.
The room has
three window.
☺Nouns that can not be represented in the singular
form or the plural form
☺For example: water, air, coffee, tea …
☺Nouns that can not be represented by a number are
called uncountable nouns
☺It is not possible to say I need 4 air, or 6 sugar.
☼ Uncountable nouns can only be used in the singular
tense.
☼ A or an can not be used with uncountable nouns.
"The" can be used with uncountable nouns.
☼ Quaintly of uncountable nouns is expressed by the
expression "a. ....of......".
҉ Examples: a bag of sugar, a bottle of oil.
☺Collective nouns are nouns that refer to things or
people as a unit.
☺Examples: family, police, class, team, crew etc.
☺Collective nouns can be used in both the singular form
and the plural form.
Singular Collective
Noun
Plural Collective Nouns
1. Singular collective nouns
1. Plural collective nouns
refer to one unit of people or
refer to two or more units
things.
of people or things.
2. Singular collective nouns
are used like singular nouns.
2. Plural collective nouns are
used like plural nouns.
☺ A common noun is a noun that refers to a person,
thing and place.
☺ Examples:
dog, house, picture, computer ,windows , paper ,
people , cat , flower , hospital ,
milk , bread , trousers , air , water , tea , glass … etc.
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A proper noun is a specific name of a place , a person, or a
thing.
Name of the Months and
Days
•January, February, April
etc.
Names of Company's
•Microsoft, Amazon, Nike,
etc.
Names of People
•John, Mary, Bill, Mr. Brown,
Mr. Lee, Mr. Tom Jones
Names of Places
•Greentown Hospital, Town
House Hotel, City Park etc.
Titles of People
Newspapers, Plays
•Dr. Kenny White,
President Jimmy
•The New York Times
☺Concrete nouns can be touched, felt, held,
something visible, smelt, taste, or be heard.
Concrete nouns are something physical.
Common Concrete Nouns
☻dog, cat, girl, plate air,
water etc.
Countable Concrete Nouns
☻ chair, computer, song,
window
☻ chairs, computers, songs,
windows
Uncountable Concrete Nouns ☻ water, air, oil, sugar, salt,
rice, cheese etc.
Proper Nouns
☻ Mr. Mike Jones, Tom
Brown, Audrey
☻ There are different types of nouns
☻ All types of nouns follow the same grammar rules.
☻ Abstract nouns is something that can't be sensed by
our five senses (smell, hear, see or taste).
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Examples of abstract nouns :
love
hate
violence
culture
taste
feel
☻ When we want to show that something belongs to
somebody or something, we usually add 's to a singular
noun and an apostrophe ' to a plural noun, for
example:
☻ the boy's ball (one boy)
☻ the boys' ball (two or more boys)
☻ Although we can use of to show possession, it is
more usual to use possessive 's.
 the boyfriend of my sister
 my sister's boyfriend
☻ We very often use possessive 's with names:
 This is Mary's car.
 Where is Ram's telephone?
 Who took Anthony's pen?
 I like Tara's hair.
☻ When a name ends in s, we usually treat it like any
other singular noun, and add 's:
 This is Charles's chair.
☻ But it is possible (especially with older, classical
names) to just add the apostrophe ':
 Who was Jesus' father?
☻ audience ( seyirci )
☻ family ( aile )
☻ staff ( personel )
☻ team ( takım )
☻ government ( hükümet )
☻ blood ( kan )
☻ air ( hava )
☻ cheese ( peynir )
☻ cherry ( kiraz )
☻ soup ( çorba )
☻ soap ( sabun )
☻ child ( çocuk )
☻ hand ( el )
☻ meat ( et )
☻ computer ( bilgisayar )
☻ desk ( sıra )
☻ flower ( çiçek )
☻ table ( masa )
☻ board ( tahta )
☻ clock ( saat )
☻ cupboard ( dolap )
☻ book ( kitap )
☻ hair ( saç )
☻ luck ( şans )
☻ education ( eğitim )
☻ sheep ( koyun )
☻ fish ( balık )
☻ deer ( geyik )
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