NOUN

A noun is a person, an animal, a place or a thing.

A dog, a town, a phone , a melon, an orange, an egg, a beach

1. In a writing, name of people places, days, month, etc. begin with a capital Letter.
Monday Mr John Boston June

Choose the Correct Form:

Last Summer I visited …………………………… (london/London)

2. Singular and plural nouns

 Most nouns can be singular (one) or plural (more than one)
A pizza- two pizzas an apple – five apples
An egg – some eggs a melon – three melons

 For the plural form of most nounts, add -s :

Bottle – bottles pen – pens

Window – windows coin - coins
 For nouns that end in s,ss,ch, and x sounds ( and potato, tomato, ), add -es:

Box – boxes moss – mosses

Bus – buses potato - potatoes

 For nouns ending in f and fe, change F to V and ad -es:

Wolf – wolves wife – wifes
Leaf – leaves life - lives
 For noun that end in consonant (b,c,d,etc) + Y ( ay, ey, oy), change y to I and add
-es ( and -s)

Day – days Baby - babies

Toy – toys Family – families

 The plural from of a few nouns is different. We call these irregular nouns:

Man-men , woman – women, fish – fish, tooth – teeth,

foot-feet,
3. Noun + verbdeer-deer, mouse – mice, child - children
 We use different verb forms with singular and plural nouns:

Our teacher is British.

Those teachers are Japanese
The bus leaves at 8.30
The buses leave from the town center

 Some nouns are always plural:

Jeans shorts scissors

trousers clothes glasses
TEST:
1. Choose the correct form:
a. I put two …………………in the lunch box (potato /potatoes)
b. A few men wear …………… (watches / watch)
c. I saw a ……………………. running by (mouse/mice)
d. I have three …. (child/children)
e. Your glasses ……. On your head ( are/is)
f. My……. Is hurting (foot/feet)
2. Which one is correct?
a. There are a few bus on the road today.
b. There is a few bus on the road today.
c. There are a few buses on the road today.