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the noun

the noun. The semantic classification of the noun. Proper noun. Common noun. Concrete Class material abstract collective singular plural. Personal Geographical . countable. uncountable. Single This is a boy plural These are many boys . Only single

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the noun

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  1. the noun

  2. The semantic classification of the noun • Proper noun • Common noun • Concrete Classmaterial • abstract • collective singular plural • Personal • Geographical

  3. countable • uncountable • Single • This is a boy • plural • These are many boys. • Only single • It is hard work. • only plural • These are my glasses. The classification of nouns

  4. the single • The plural The countable nouns have two numbers

  5. the plural nounsrules: • Tch, sh, ch, • o, x, z, s, sses • y ies • f, fe ves • the change of the root vowel a e • Names of nationalities ending in ese, ss - no change • borrowed wordsfrom Latin and Greek um-a, a-ae, um-a,ex-ices, ix-ices, is-es, on-a • the Conpound forms can change either the first element or the second one • the Noun ending –in law is changed the first element • If the first element a man or awoman both elements are made in plural • The noun can be only in single • The noun can be only in plural

  6. the foxes the watches the tomatoes the bushes the dresses the cats the dogs tch, sh, ch, o, x, z, s, ss + es • a fox • a watch • a tomato • a bush • a dress • a cat • a dog

  7. сalves halves knives leaves lives loaves selves sheaves f, fe -ves • one calf • one half • one knife • one leaf • one life • one loaf • one self • one sheaf

  8. But remember • Cuckoo cuckoos cliff cliffs • Piano pianos beliefbeliefs • Photo photos chief chiefs • Solo solos proofproofs • Zero zeros roof roofs • Portfolio portfolios safe safes • Soprano sopranos • Ratio ratios • Dynamo dynamos

  9. babies pennies boys keys toys journeys days cities armies ladies Y-ies or y -s • one baby • one penny • one boy • one key • one toy • one journey • one day • one city • one army • one lady

  10. foxes toys photos girls chiefs dynamos watches wives dishes safes cuckoos babies wolves tomatoes try to guess • a fox - • a toy - • a photo - • a girl - • a chief - • a dynamo - • a watch - • a wife - • a dish - • a safe - • a cuckoo - • a baby - • a wolf - • a tomato -

  11. men women children feet geese lice mice teeth oxen The change of the root vowel • a man • a woman • a child • a foot • a goose • a louse • a mouse • a tooth • an ox

  12. two deer two species some means Five carp five sheep three series six fish but lots of kind of fishes Two pike four salmon nine trout Identical forms for the singular and for the plural • a deer • a species • a means • a carp • a sheep • a series • a fish • a pike • a salmon • a trout

  13. many Japanese many Swiss many Chinese many Burmese names of nationalities ending in ese, sshave identical forms for the single and for the plural • a Japanese • a Swiss • a Chinese • a Burmese

  14. men two deer many Portuguese many carp many children six geese three species Try to guess • a man • a deer • a Portuguese • a carp • a child • a goose • a species

  15. Lots of words borrowed forms from Latin and Greek • usi stimulus • a ae formula • uma memorandum • exices codex • ixices appendix • ises crisis • ona phenomenon

  16. Plural in the last element • Plural in the first element • a grown-up a grown-ups • a boyfriend boyfriends • an office-block office-blocks • a forget –me- not forget –me- nots • room-mate room-mates • overall overalls • sit-in sit-ins • stand-by stand-bys • writing-table writing-tables • notary public • passer-by • man-of-war • coat-of-mail • commander-in-chief • court-martial The plural of compound nouns

  17. - In law • The first element man or woman • a father-in law fathers-in law • a mother – in law mothers – in law • a sister – in law sisters – in law • But • His- in laws • Her-in laws • a woman – driver • women – drivers • a manservant • a menservants plural

  18. cacti antennae curricula indices appendices bases phenomena grown-ups fathers-in law his –in laws women-drivers coats-of -mail Try to guess • one cactus • one antenna • one curriculum • one Index • one appendix • one basis • one phenomenon • a grown-up • a father-in law • his –in law • a woman-driver • coat-of –mail

  19. Only in single • information • advice • money • news • progress • furniture • work • yeast • cream • ink • linen • rubbish • leafage • weather

  20. Only in plural • clothes • contents • sweepings • glasses • odds • Ends • greens • customs • goods • shorts • trousers • jeans • scissors • tights • pants • scales

  21. Put the words in plural forms • a toy a carp a dish • a girl a boyfriend a box • a fish index a watch • an ox rubbish a class • a pass-by weather a dutch • a goose appendix a house • a deer cactus a Japanese • a man-of war a story a city • a roof a father in law a solo • a Wife a forget-me-not a chief • a photo her-in law a key • a tomato a Swiss phenomenon • safe a manservant a sheep

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