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Lecture 5
Lecture 5
1. Confusing Nouns
2. Noun Cases
Confusing Nouns
Wood Woods
Good Goods
Custom Customs
Ex:
1. The thief ran into the woods.
2. Custom duty is applied on foreign goods.
3. This table is made of wood.
Confusing Nouns
Content Contents
Word Words
Ex:
1. Contentment is happiness.
2. Write these words on your notebook.
3. He is a man of word.
Confusing Nouns
Man Idioms
Man of Word-
Man of Iron-
Man of Parts-
Man of Means-
Man of Letters-
Confusing Nouns
5. He sent me word.
Part Parts
Air Airs
Ex:
7. He is a man of parts.
Climate Weather
Marriage Wedding
a) Marriage
a) Wedding
Confusing Nouns
Marriage Wedding
Manner Manners
Ex:
Ex –
(a) I helped Rita in her work.
NOUNS AND CASES
Ex-
Use of Apostrophe(’s)
Some important points about the use of
apostrophe(’s)
Use of Apostrophe(’s)
Ex -:
Fortune’s favourite
Death’s icy hand
3. With mankind/ animals.
Man’s life
Ram’s wife
Dog’s kennel
Cow’s tail
4. With weight denoting nouns
A ton’s weight
A gram’s weight
Example:
A ton’s weight (a)/ is too heavy for (b)/ anyone to
(c)/ carry on his head (d)/ No error (e)/
5. With space denoting nouns.
A needle’s point
A boat’s length
A razor’s edge
6. With some dignified natural objects.
The ship’s
The train’s arrival/ departure
The plane’s
A boat’s crew
9. With compound nouns ending word
Example:
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
12. When else is used with indefinite pronouns
then we don’t use ’s with indefinite pronouns
Example:
In law-
Plural of Compound Nouns
Passer by-
On looker-
Maid servant-
Plural of Compound Nouns
Step son-
Book fair-
Man servant-
Plural of Compound Nouns
Woman servant-
Spoonful-
Spoon-
Plural of Compound Nouns