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Understanding English Nouns: Count and Noncount Types

Learn about different kinds of nouns, including count, noncount, and collective nouns. Explore examples of count nouns with singular and plural forms and noncount nouns that do not have plurals. Understand how to identify and use these nouns effectively in sentences.

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Understanding English Nouns: Count and Noncount Types

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  1. Nouns ESL 2

  2. What are they? • Nouns are : • People: doctor, nurse, boy, sister • Places: Miami, Peru • Things: pencil, car, house, cloud • Ideas: friendship, love, anger

  3. Kinds of nouns • Count nouns: anything that can be counted • Desks, dogs, houses • Noncount nouns: anything that cannot be counted • Milk, water, love, air, blood • Collective nouns: a single group made of many members • Team, class, jury, audience

  4. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Count Nouns Most English nouns are count nouns.  They refer to objects which are thought of as separate things, and they have both singular and plural forms. Most of the time, their plurals are formed in a regular way that follows standard plural rules.  Usually, plurals are formed by adding -s to the singular form of the noun.  Nouns that end in -s, -z, -ch, -sh, and -x are made plural by adding an -es.

  5. Noncount Nouns Noncount nouns do not have a singular or a plural form.  In a sentence, a noncount noun is treated like a singular noun and uses the verb form for singular nouns.

  6. Types of Noncount Nouns 1. Things Made Up of Small Pieces (ex. grass, rice, salt, sand) 2.Fields of Study/Jobs (ex. advertising, mathematics, English, music)

  7. Some More Types of Noncount Nouns 3. Abstract Ideas (ex. hatred, anger, wisdom) 4. Liquids (ex. blood, coffee, soup) 5. Gases (ex. oxygen, carbon dioxide)

  8. A Few More Types of Noncount Nouns 6. Solids, Minerals, and Elements (ex. cotton, chocolate, iron, soap) 7. Sports & Games (ex. baseball, bowling) 8. Things That Happen In Nature (ex. gravity, ice, rain)

  9. One More Type of Noncount Noun 9. Medical Conditions/Diseases (ex. cancer, hiccups, flu)

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