1.

NOUNS
Persons, animals, places, things
Common nouns
Person girl, boy, mother
Animal cat, cow,
Place playground, cinema, school
Proper nouns
People Anita, Kelvin
Animals Spodt, Tompok
Things Adidas, Jusco
Collective nouns
People =
+ A troupe of dancers
+ A party of friends
Places =
+ A flock of birds
+ A herd of buffaloes
Things =
+ A flight of airplane
+ A carte of fruits
2.ARTICLES
A An The
Begin with consonant sound Begin with vocal words For particular person/thing
- a man - an axe - He ate a piece of cake.
- a tree - an egg Only such thing in the world
- a bee - owl - The North Pole is a cold place
To refer a noun a second time
- There is a clock on the wall.
The clock is round.
3.SINGULAR & PLURAL
Singular noun
= shows 1 person, place, thing

Plural noun
O 1* person, place, thing
O singular noun = s
O s,z,x,sh,ch = es
O before y was consonant = ies (army=armies/city=cities)
O before y was vowel = s (essay=essays/turkey=turkeys)
O o = es (buffalo=buffaloes/potato=potatoes)
O f,fe = ves
O following form plural by adding = s
Chief = chiefs
Root = roots
Fife = fifes
Mischief = mischiefs
Kerchief = kerchiefs
Hoof = hoofs
Safe = safes

Irregular noun
Man = men Foot = feet Mouse = mice
Woman = women Tooth = teeth Louse = lice
Child = children Ox = oxen Goose = geese
O Following noun no singular
= scissors, oats, tongs, dregs, trousers, pinchers, bellows, snuffers, cattles, shears, measles, mumps,
Victuals, tweezers, vespers.
O Some noun always singular. Some of these nouns may be used in the plural when different kinds are
meants as sugars, coffees, cottons
gold silver wheat corn
molasses copper sugar cotton

Singular nouns use this & that
Plural nouns use these & those