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Umesh Kumar Tilak
Shibna Sulaiman
What will we learn in this chapter?

1.What is a noun?
2.How to make nouns plural?
3.Possessive nouns can make sentences concise.
4.Making nouns plural and possessive.
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Ä noun is a person, place, thing or idea.

eg.- Ägra, Ram, Shyam etc.

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     These are ordinary things that can

be seen, touched or heard.
Example: sky, desk, house etc.

   Name ideas, emotions or qualities

that cannot be seen.
Example: joy, love, grief etc.

     Names of people, place or things.

Example: India, Rohan, Coke etc.
] To be sure your emails are polished and error-free,
you have to be careful not to:
1. Capitalize nouns incorrectly.
Example:
Incorrect: How can I improve my English Language skills?
Correct: How can I improve my English language skills?
2. Pluralize nouns incorrectly.
Example:
Incorrect: What are the qualification required for the job?
Correct: What are the qualifications required for the job?
ï.Create long, wordy sentences.

Example:
Incorrect: The files of the company are hard to find.
Correct : The company¶s files are hard to find .
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] Ä singular noun names just one person, place or thing. Ä
plural noun tells you that there are two or more of the same
thing. Proper and abstract nouns do not have plurals.

The rules for pluralizing common nouns are as follows:

1. Most word in English can be made plural simply by

adding µs¶ to the end.

Example: 1house M ° houses

1cat M° cats
2. When a word ends in the letters µs¶,¶z¶,¶x¶,¶ch¶,or¶sh¶, an ¶es¶ is
added to the end of a word.
Example: 1 dressM ° dresses
1 batchM ° batches
ï. If a noun ends in a consonant followed by the letter µyµ, you
must change the µy¶ to an µi¶ and add µes¶.
Example: 1 storyM° stories
¢. If a noun ends with the letter µf¶ you should change the µf¶ to a
µv¶ and then add µes¶ to the end.
Example:1 halfM° halves
w. Some nouns in English remain exactly the same whether
they are singular or plural.
Example: 1 deerM° deer
1 aircraftM° aircraft
§. A few nouns change there spelling completely depending on
whether they are singular or plural. The more you read the
more you start to remember.
Example:1 foot M° feet
1 mouse M° mice
› llective n
ni Some nouns can be singular even though
they refer to more than one person or thing.

Example: Ä group of people, Ä committee of engineers etc.

if we make a collective noun plural we are indicating different

collection of people.

Example: Two groups of people, Two committees of people

etc.
Possessive nouns can make sentences
concise

or possessive nouns:
Singular possessive noun Madd an apostrophe ( ͚ ) followed by ͚s͛ to the end.

Example:

The computer of my sister was stolen from the house of my father. The
lock on the door was not secure enough.

My sister¶s computer was stolen from my father¶s house. The door¶s

lock was not secure enough.
   

or plural possessive nouns
If ending in ͚s͛M Ädd an apostrophe ( ͚ ) to the end
If not MÄdd an apostrophe ( ͚ ) and then an ͚s͛ to the end.

`ing
lar n
n `ing
lar p ssessive Pl
ral n
n Pl
ral p ssessive

˜oy ˜oy͛s ˜oys ˜oys͛
Child Child ͚s Children Children͛s

Example: The car of my parents was stolen. The landlord of our

building really sympathized with us.

My parents¶ car was stolen. Our building¶s landlord really sympathized

with us.
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1. Person¶s car (one The people¶s car (More than

person) one person. )
°.The boy¶s car (one The boys¶ car ( More than one
boy) boy.)
3. The wolf¶s meat (one The wolves¶ meat (More than
wolf) one wolf.)
4. The city¶s streets(one The cities¶ streets (More than
city) one city.)