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2001 by Ruth Luman
Singular or Plural????Singular or Plural????
Woman?
Womans?Women?
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` A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place,thing, and abstract idea. Nouns are usually the first
words which small children learn.
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Examples:
- Late last year our neighbours bought at a goat.
- The bus inspector looked at all the passengers
passes.
- Philosophy is of little comfort to the starving.
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Problems with Nouns
Look at the sentences below. Whats wrong? Move your
mouse over each sentence to see the answer.
1. I have three bedroom in my house.
2. There are many milks in the refrigerator.
3. Those chair are in the wrong room.
4. There are five reds cars.
5. Some of the class are at night.6. Your childs are beautiful.
7. Would you like a few milk?
Bedrooms should be
plural because the
sentence says there are
three.
The word milks is
incorrect, because it is a
non-count noun and
cannot have an s.
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Count and Non-Count
NounsIn English, we have countable and non-countable nouns.
Some examples of countable and non-countable nouns are
below.
Countable Nouns Non-Countable Nouns
chair
student
day
song
computer
room
love
money
weather
food
fruit
furniture
More Non-Countable
Nouns
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Countable Nouns
Countable nouns can have singular and plural forms and
can be counted numerically. Most countable nouns can be
made plural by addings ores.
book books 3 books
box boxes 2 boxes
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Non-Countable Nouns
Non-countable nouns have only one form and cant be
counted numerically. Look at the examples below.
monies money
one money money
healths health
two health health
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Non-Countable Nouns
Non-countable nouns cannot take the plurals ores or
an article (a, an).
a furniture furniture
furnitures furniture
a news news
newses news
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Irregular Plural Nouns
Some nouns have an irregular plural form. Look at the examplesbelow.
child childs children
woman womans women
Click here to see a list ofirregular plural nouns.
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Noun Quantifiers
Words like, a few, a little, much, any, some, and many
are used differently depending on whether the noun in the
sentence is count or non-count.
a few
count nouns a few bananas
a little
non-count nouns a little flour
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Noun Quantifiers
many
count nouns many chairs
much
non-count nouns much furniture
some
non-count nouns some furniture
count nouns some chairs
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Noun Quantifiers
Anyis used in negative sentences with count and non-
count nouns. Notice the difference in plural and singular
verbs.
any
count nouns There arent any chairs.
any
non-count nouns There isnt any furniture.
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Nouns and of phrases
A countable noun is always plural after an of phrasethat shows
quantity. A non-count noun is always singular after an of phrase.
Click here to see a list ofcommon of phrases.
of phrases
Some of the chairs are broken.
Some of the furniture is broken.
plural
singular
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Now you are ready to practice what youve learned. Click the link below. Print
and complete the Practice Exercise on count and non-count nouns. Check your
answers with a tutor.
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AppendixAppendix
Irregular Plural Nounswoman women deer deer
man men calf calves
child children wife wives
ox oxen life lives
foot feet half halves
tooth teeth knife knives
goose geese self selves
mouse mice wolf wolves
louse lice thief thieves
sheep sheep leaf leaves
fish fish shelf shelves
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AppendixAppendixNon-Countable Nouns
accommodation coal garbage leisure vocabulary
advice conduct gossip lightning wealth
anger countryside grass luck weather
applause courage hair luggage work
assistance damage happiness machinery violence
baggage dancing harm meat underwear
behavior furniture help money travel
bread dirt homework mud traffic
cardboard education hospitality music
cash evidence housework news
chaos flu information patience
chess food jewelry poetry
china fruit knowledge scenery
clothing fun laughter soap
spelling strength stuff thunder
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AppendixAppendixof phrases
Some of the A little of the
Many of the Much of the
A number of the A lot of the
One of the
Most of the
Half of the
A few of the
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1. Whats the name of the recipe?
2. Whats the name of the book the chef is reading?
3. Where are the tomatoes?
4. What count nouns and no count nouns do you remember?
5. Why cant they make an apple pie?
6. Can they make lemonade? Explain.
7. What are they going to do after they drink water?
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