Basic English Seminar

Training (BEST) Program for

Olongapo City Police Officers

April 26-27, 2016

Camp Lt. Gen. Manuel F. Cabal, Barretto,
Olongapo City
 Overview
Day 1 (April 26)
Parts of Speech: A Review
Noun
Pronoun
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Verb
Subject-Verb Agreement
Adjective
Adverb
Conjunction
Preposition
Day 2 (April 27)
Police Reporting and Writing
NOUN
NOUN
is a name of person, place,
thing, idea, or event.
 I. Kinds of Nouns
1. Proper Nouns These name
a specific person, place, or
thing, and always start with a
capital letter.
2. Common Nouns These are
general names.
3. Mass Nouns These cannot
be directly counted and are
taken as a whole. They
cannot also be made plural by
adding s or es at the end.
 I. Kinds of Nouns
4. Count Nouns These are names
that can be directly counted. They
can also be made plural by adding
s or es at the end.
5. Abstract Nouns These are
names of ideas, qualities,
conditions, or emotions. They
cannot also be made plural by
adding s or es at the end.
6. Concrete Nouns These can be
perceived by any of the five
senses. They can either be count
or mass nouns.
 I. Kinds of Nouns
7. Collective Nouns These are
nouns that are made up of
more than one word.
 II. Forms of Nouns
A word is a noun when:
1.it has a singular and plural form.
2.it has a gender, either male,
female, or neuter.
3.it has cases, namely the
nominative (subjective), objective,
and possessive.
4.it has endings or suffixes such as
-age, -ce, -cy, -dom, -ion, -ism,
-ment, -ness, -or, -ship, -sy,
-tion, -ty, -ure.
Cases of Nouns
Case refers to how nouns or pronouns
are used in sentences.

Case Use
Nominative Subject or
Predicate
Nominative
Objective Direct Object,
Indirect Object, or
Object of a
Preposition
Possessive (To show
ownership)
Possessive Forms
of Nouns
1. Add an apostrophe and s to
singular nouns not ending in
s.
Kays shoes
the artists painting
2. Add only an apostrophe to
plural nouns ending in s.
the musicians instruments
the heroes welcome
Possessive Forms
of Nouns
3. Add an apostrophe and s to a
plural noun that has a different
spelling from that of the singular
form.
childrens food
brethrens houses
4. Add an apostrophe and s to one-
syllable nouns that end in s.
Jamess questions
Besss notebooks
Possessive Forms
of Nouns
5. Add an apostrophe to more-
than-one-syllable nouns ending
in -s.
the actress performance
the carcass stench
6. Add only an apostrophe to
proper nouns with two or more
syllables that have an s sound
before the last s sound.
Moses sermon
Ulysses journey
Possessive Forms
7. In joint ownership, add an
ofapostrophe
Nouns and s to the last noun.
Len and Tinas room
Glenda, Gladdys, and Gemmas
father
8. In separate ownership, add an
apostrophe and s or an apostrophe
at the end of each noun.
Lens and Tinas beds
Glendas, Gladdys, and Gemmas
closets
Possessive Forms
ofInNouns
9. compound nouns, add an
apostrophe and s to the last
word.
the editor-in-chiefs articles
his sisters-in-laws houses
10. Add an apostrophe and s to
nouns ending in z or x.
the Alferezs success
Alexs research
Possessive Forms
of IfNouns
11. the possessor is placed
after the possession, note the
following:

Marys friend can be turned

into a friend of Marys, a
friend of hers, or the friend
of Mary, but not the friend of
hers.
Questions?
Ready for
the
exercises?